Abstract
Girl Child Abuse is physically, emotionally, sexually abusing and neglecting the girl child by depriving her of universally accepted child rights. We aim to determine the awareness on girl child abuse among mothers so that necessary awareness programs could be recommended if found unsatisfactory. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in Sundarbazar municipality of Lamjung district among randomly selecting 288 mothers who participated voluntarily in face to face interview that used structured questionnaire from 27th March to 23rd April, 2016. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferrential statistics like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square and linear by linear association. The findings of the study revealed that majority of mothers 224 (77.8%) had average level of awareness regarding girl child abuse and only 21 (7.3%) had good level of awareness with mean score±SD of 45.94±9.94 (total score-76). Awareness of mother on girl child abuse was found significantly associated with age, ethnicity, educational status, type of family, age at marriage and number of children at P<0.05. The mothers had average level of awareness regarding girl child abuse; however, significant proportion of mothers still lacks good level of awareness. A nationwide study of such kind using qualitative tools as well as conducting awareness raising activities focusing on girl child abuse and sexual abuse in girl child is recommended.
Highlights
Girl Child Abuse is physically, emotionally, sexually abusing and neglecting the girl child by depriving her of universally accepted child rights
The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the awareness on girl child abuse among mothers of Sundarbazar Municipality, Lamjung
The mothers interviewed in Sundarbazar municipality, Lamjung belonged to age group 30-39 yrs 123 (42.7%) followed by 20-29 yrs 121 (42%) with mean age±SD of 32.32±3.6
Summary
Girl Child Abuse is physically, emotionally, sexually abusing and neglecting the girl child by depriving her of universally accepted child rights. Child abuse means that child is harmed, mistreated or neglected by other individual, which could be physical, sexual and emotional or ignorance among which sexual abuse is dangerous because of its immediate and upcoming effect on the child.[1] Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.[2]. A review of studies from several developing countries shows that globally a majority (80-98%) of children suffer from physical punishment at home.[3] there is a growing concern about domestic violence and related abuse of children by their mothers.[4] It is Correspondence: Taniya Thapa, Chitwan Medical College, School of Nursing, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
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