تلخیص
Objective: This research was planned to assess attitude of adults towards educating children about sexual
abuse prevention
Study Design:Observational cross-section study.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted on people living in cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi,
Pakistan during March-June 2018
Materials and Methods: Data was collected from 228 people by non-probability convenient sampling. People
of both genders with any marital status, above 18 years of age and with minimum high school education or
above were considered eligible for this study. A self-designed structured questionnaire was used to collect data
which was analysed using SPSS version 23. P value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Majority (94.7%) of the participants, irrespective of their gender (p-value=0.19) and marital status (pvalue=0.08), were in favour of educating children about sexual abuse prevention. Around 42% participants
tried themselves to educate children on this topic and males' participation in it was observed to be less than
females (p-value=0.005). Optimal age to educate children was considered between 5-9 years. A positive
response was shown by participants, when the extent and ways of child sexual abuse prevention education
were discussed.
Conclusion: Majority of the adults are in favour of educating children to protect themselves from sexual abuse
so they are able to recognize and react effectively to potentially dangerous situations.