ASSESSING EFFICACY OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM IN SCHOOL; A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Child sexual abuse talks about any non-consensual, inappropriate, coercive sexual behavior, activity involving a child. Several cases of children being exposed to sexual abuse has been reported in Pakistan over the past few years (Sahill, 2020). It has been reported that 90% children including both female and male encounter child sexual abuse as presented by Lauren’s Kids (2020) in US. (McGibbin, Humphreys, and Hamilton 2017) proclaim that prevention programs are beneficial to teach children about sexually coercive behaviors that are improper. This experimental research aims to build awareness in children and will help them create a personal safety as effective educational approach for sexual abuse prevention. The study consisted of 100 students of grade 4 and 5 students of three different socioeconomic status including government, middle class, and upper class, each session of 1 hour 30 minutes including pre and post-test.The students will be filling the pre-test children knowledge of abuse questionnaire (CKAQ), then video literacy program will be introduced including videos which will enhance the knowledge about sexual abuse and students will get engaged in the activities like body safety map by drawing , space bubble which will help them know how to maintain distance from strangers and emotions charades for awareness regarding emotions so that there could be an effective improvement in children level of awareness. Then a post-test will be conducted through providing questionnaire (CKAQ). The data will be analyzed by ANOVA test.