27Sep 2017

EFFECTIVENESS OF SAFETY EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN: A PILOT REPORT.

  • Ph.D (Scholar), MAHER Chennai.
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Child sexual abuse is a global problem. The community has major role in prevention of child sexual abuse. A quantitative true experimental study was conducted to find the reliability and feasibility of tool and intervention with 40 samples selected through simple random sampling technique for experimental and control group in adopted community area of SVMCHRC, Puducherry. The parents of school children aged between six to twelve years were included as samples. Demographic data and knowledge regarding prevention of child sexual abuse were collected by structured questionnaires. The safety education intervention which consists of three stages was implemented to experimental group (20 parents). The parents were followed for one week. After a week, post test conducted with same questionnaires. The results revealed that the tools used, set criteria for sample selection, the implementation of interventions were highly reliable and feasible for implementation.

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[Rathidevi. S and Prema K. (2017); EFFECTIVENESS OF SAFETY EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN: A PILOT REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 1407-1411] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

RATHIDEVI.S
PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5460      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5460

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