A Study to Compare the Difference in Effect of a Nursing
Intervention Package on the Knowledge Regarding Good Touch
and Bad Touch between Urban Children and Rural Children
Studying in Selected Schools of Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Background: Globally, one-third of all victims of CSA are children. In India this abuse starts at the age of 5 years and it gains momentum 10 years onward. Urban students have more awareness on GTBT than the rural students. The effects of CSA can be long-lasting and affect the victim’s mental health. Objectives: This investigation is primarily targeted towards finding whether a nursing intervention package (NIP) affects rural children differently than urban children within the confines of this research setting.
Materials and Methods: In this study a quantitative evaluative research approach was used and quasi experimental time series research design was used in which an intervention was introduced only once after the pre-test of data collection.
Results: Area of residence does have an affects on a child’s knowledge on GTBT, the NIP was indeed successful in achieving its objectives for both rural and urban children equally, SCKAQ also is successful in capturing and quantizing the knowledge of children on GTBT.
Conclusion: Through tools the researcher has used, the researcher can increase a child’s knowledge on GTBT.
Keywords
Chile Sexual Abuse; Children; Nursing Intervention Package; Standardised Children Knowledge Abuse Questionnaire