New Zealand's approach to preventing child sexual abuse is noteworthy in that it ________.

A. teaches children that abusers are typically strangers, and not parents or other adults the family knows
B. stresses that abusers are almost always adults and not other children
C. is the only country with a national, school-based prevention program available to all elementary and secondary school students
D. focuses on educating children instead of parents about the dangers of child sexual abuse


Answer: C

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