A Quasi Experimental Study Comparing Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse among Parents of Children of Experimental and Control Group

Introduction The future of nation can become bright only if the children are healthy. They need full protection by their full development. The people should have full awareness about complications of child abuse to prevent any danger to their children. 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 a sample in which each 30 samples were for experimental and 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 results revealed that in experimental group, the post test overall mean score was 23.8 with the mean score percentage of 79.33 and in control group, the post test overall mean score was 12.86 with the mean score percentage of 42.86. The mean difference was 10.94. Conclusion This indicates that the Information, Education and Communication module on child abuse was effective in improving the knowledge of parents. Jujhar Singh Maan | Sobana M | Abhishek Yadav "A Quasi-Experimental Study: Comparing Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse among Parents of Children of Experimental and Control Group" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45008.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/other/45008/a-quasiexperimental-study-comparing-knowledge-regarding-child-abuse-among-parents-of-children-of-experimental-and-control-group/jujhar-singh-maan