Abstract
Objective: This research was planned to assess attitude of adults towards educating children about sexual
abuse prevention
Study Design:Observational cross-section study.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted on people living in cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi,
Pakistan during March-June 2018
Materials and Methods: Data was collected from 228 people by non-probability convenient sampling. People
of both genders with any marital status, above 18 years of age and with minimum high school education or
above were considered eligible for this study. A self-designed structured questionnaire was used to collect data
which was analysed using SPSS version 23. P value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Majority (94.7%) of the participants, irrespective of their gender (p-value=0.19) and marital status (pvalue=0.08), were in favour of educating children about sexual abuse prevention. Around 42% participants
tried themselves to educate children on this topic and males' participation in it was observed to be less than
females (p-value=0.005). Optimal age to educate children was considered between 5-9 years. A positive
response was shown by participants, when the extent and ways of child sexual abuse prevention education
were discussed.
Conclusion: Majority of the adults are in favour of educating children to protect themselves from sexual abuse
so they are able to recognize and react effectively to potentially dangerous situations.
Haddaya Umar, Wardah Umar, Sidra Hamid. (2019) Attitude of Adults towards Educating Children to Protect Themselves from Sexual Abuse in Pakistan, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-14, Issue-4.
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