Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 91-95
A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Mothers with School Age Children Regarding Child Abuse and Its Prevention in Bhucho Mandi, Bathinda (Punjab)
Navjot Kaur1, Kirandeep Kaur2
1Senior Tutor, 2Assistant Professor,
Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Adesh University, Bathinda, Punjab.
Corresponding Author: Kirandeep Kaur
ABSTRACT
Child is a human between the stage of birth and puberty the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Abuse most commonly refers to the use or treatment of something or someone that is harmful or the lack of proper care of these. A non-experimental descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge of mothers with school age children regarding child abuse and its prevention in Bhucho Mandi, Bathinda. The study was conducted on 60 mothers with children in the age group of 6-12 years. Knowledge of mothers was assessed with the help of structured questionnaire. Convenient non-probability sampling technique was used in this study. The study revealed that out of 60, the level of knowledge of mothers 22(36.7%) were having inadequate knowledge, 23(38.3%) were having moderate knowledge, 15(25%) were having adequate knowledge. Among socio-demographic variables, educational status of mother and occupational status came out to be significantly associated with level of knowledge.
Keywords: Knowledge, Mothers.