Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding child abuse among parents at a selected area in Kancheepuram District.

Dr.T.Komalavalli; Prof.D.Kalaimani; Mrs.J.Thiruveni

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding child abuse among parents at a selected area in Kancheepuram District.

Dr. T. Komalavalli, Prof. D. Kalaimani, Mrs. J. Thiruveni

Abstract :

Background of the study:Child Abuse is one of the serious emerging problem that has significant impact on individual family and community. A Study was conducted to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse Among Parents at a Selected area in Kanchipuram District. The Objectives of the study : To assess the level of knowledge regarding child abuse among parents in pre and post test. A Pre experimental research design one group pre and post test was adopted for this study.A total of 50 parents were selected by simple random sampling technique based on the inclusion ceiteria.The Structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge on child abuse in pre and post test among parents. Data were collected,organized and analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics.The result revealed that there was a statistically significant differences between pre and post test knowledge score on child abuse among parents at p<0.05.Hence the structured teaching programme was effective among parents.