ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AMONG MOTHERS OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

Abused and neglected children often are exposed to multiple stressors in addition to experiences of abuse and neglect, and potential consequences may manifest at different points in a child's development. Therefore, the most rigorous research on this topic attempts to account for the many factors that may be confounded with abuse or neglect.1 Objectives: 1. To assess the existing level of knowledge regarding child abuse among the mothers of school age 2. To determine the association between pre-test knowledge score regarding child abuse with selected demographic variables. Materials And Methods: An descriptive approach with one group pre-test. Purposive sampling technique was used Total 60 mothers with school age children of selected area in karad city, Maharashtra, India selected for the study. The Major Findings: Data on sample characteristics revealed that out of 60 mothers of school age children. Majority 33%belonged to age group26-28 years. Maximum mothers 52% having one child. Majority mothers 38% were educated up to under graduated. Majority of mothers 37% belong to income group 15,000 - 20,000/- per month. Majority mothers 41% having child of age group 10-12 years.. The pre-test knowledge the mothers regarding child abuse 29 (48%) mothers had average knowledge, before administering video assisted educational programme. The mean pretest 11.6 and SD 3.845.