Introduction: Children are the future of their nation. They should be protected till their full development. The awareness regarding negative effects of child abuse among their parents is very important to prevent any risk to any child. Material and Methods: A quasi- experimental research study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge on child abuse among parents of children with age group of 6-12 years and to find association between pre-test and post-test knowledge score on child abuse among parents. Sixty parents of children with the age group of 6-12 years residing in selected urban area at Sri Ganganagar were selected as sample in which each 30 samples were for experimental & control group respectively. The purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. The structured interview questionnaire was used as a tool for both the experimental and control group for pre-test and post-test. Results: The mean post- test knowledge score (23.8) of parents was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (18.3) of parents in experimental group. The calculated ‘t’ value (23.21*), which is significant at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: It indicates that the Information, Education and Communication module on child abuse was effective in improving the knowledge of the parents.
Assess; Effectiveness; Information, Education & Communication; Knowledge; Child abuse; Parents; Children
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