A Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse Among Mother’s In Selected Residential Areas Of Delhi-NCR
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
hild abuse is a significant problem that requires an effective means of prevention. Child abuse encompasses a spectrum of abusive actions or acts of commission and lack of action or acts of omission of children. It is a broad concept therefore it has 4 subtypes that represent the existing pattern of child abuse globally and they are physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and psychological abuse. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge regarding child abuse among mothers and to find association between the knowledge of mothers and selected baseline data. Hence a descriptive study was adopted for the study to collect data from 100 mothers selected by convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted in selected residential areas of Delhi-NCR. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire to assess knowledge regarding child abuse. The analysis of the study revealed that most of the mothers (60%) had good level of knowledge regarding child abuse, about (37%) of them had average knowledge and only 3% of mothers had poor level of knowledge.
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Jyotsna Jacob, Kanika Kumar
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