1Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing, Udupi College of Nursing, Karnataka
2Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Sexually abusing a child by an adult or for that matter even by an adolescent for sexual stimulation is categorised as Child sexual abuse (CSA). It refers to the involvement of a child in a sexual act aimed towards the physical gratification or the financial profit of the abuser.
The study was done to assess the knowledge of school children regarding child sexual abuse and to determine effectiveness of a structured teaching program implemented through a picture module by comparing the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores.
A quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used. Information was collected from 60 participants using a structured knowledge questionnaire. Pre-test was done to assess the knowledge of participants, then a structured teaching program through a picture module on child sexual abuse was implemented and it was followed by a post-test to find out the effectiveness.
Forty percent (40%) of the participants had previous information about good and bad touch, source of information for majority (31.6%) was television and only 8.33% had got information from parents. The mean knowledge score in pre-test was 5.75±2.37, whereas mean post test score was 14.67±3.22 with a mean difference of 8.92. The structured teaching program which was implemented through a picture module was found to be statistically significant (t=32.97, p=0.001) in improving the knowledge of the participants regarding CSA.
CSA is preventable. Teaching program through a picture module helped to enhance knowledge of the participants regarding CSA.
Child abuse, Picture module, Child sexual abuse, School children
