A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON CHILD ABUSE AMONG MOTHERS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Abstract
The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge on child abuse among mothers of adolescent
girls. Descriptive study design has been used for this study. The population chosen for the study
was mothers of adolescent girls at keezhakasakudi karaikal. The total of 50 mothers of adolescent
girls were used convenience sampling technique selected for this study. Consent from all the
mothers of adolescent girls obtained and interview was conducted using semi structured
questionnaire. Results: The study revealed that most of the mothers had inadequate knowledge.
Among 50 mothers 66% had inadequate knowledge, 24% had moderate knowledge and 10% had
adequate knowledge. The total score knowledge of mother and Mean & SD was (10±3) which is
held 66% that reveals the mothers of adolescent girls had inadequate knowledge regarding child
abuse. There was highly significant association with selected demographic variables such as
educational status, occupation, types of family, sources of information, number of children number
of male children and number of female children except age, income of the family and religion.
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