Abstract
Child abuse is a kind of domestic violence that involves all forms of physical, emotional and sexual maltreatment and negligence of children. Child abuse is a global problem with serious lifelong consequences. Child abuse is a significant global problem with a serious impact on the victims throughout their lives. The study aimed at finding out the effectiveness of structured educational intervention on knowledge of parents of under 5 years children regarding prevention of child abuse Method: The research design was pre-experimental, one group pre-test, post-test design. Data were collected using non probability, convenient sampling method to assess the effectiveness of 30 parents of under 5 children regarding prevention of child abuse by level of knowledge score. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire through interview technique They were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics at level of significance 0.05. Result: The study revealed that Pre-test analysis knowledge score in prevention of child abuse was found inadequate in 86.7% of respondent with mean score 10.17 and standard deviation of 2.214, adequate knowledge score was found in 56.7% of respondent with mean score18.90 and standard deviation of 1.900 in post-test. So, it is clearly indicated that there was increase the level of knowledge after structure teaching program me. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between the level of knowledge among parents of under 5 years children regarding prevention of child abuse before and after structured teaching programme Keywords: Assess, Parents, Effectiveness, Knowledge
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