• 1Mrs. B. Kokilamma
• 2Miss. Neela.Roja
• . P. Sudha rani
• 4Dr. M. Sreelatha

ABSTRACT: Child is the gift, it has much potential one, will be the best resources of the nation. If it has been developed and utilized well. Children below five years of age group are known as the under fives. During their phase of physical, psychological and emotional maturation, they develop certain behavior which would mould them as a unique person to lead a productive life for which, adults are responsible crucially. At the same time, children are exposed to vulnerable risk in the environment by the adults during their phase of maturation. Children are often maltreated in many forms at home, schools and day care centers by the caretakers and others. Aim To assess the level of knowledge regarding child abuse among the mothers attending Anganwadi centers, Tiruapti, To find out the association between the knowledge of mothers regarding child abuse with their selected socio demographic variables. Method: Total 100 samples were taken Non Probability Convenient sampling technique. Data was collected by structured Questionnaire. Results: Regarding the level of knowledge on child abuse out of 100 mothers (47%) have moderate knowledge regarding child abuse followed by (31%) of the mothers having in adequate knowledge and only (22%) of the mothers have adequate knowledge regarding child abuse. There is significant association between the level of knowledge regarding child abuse related to age, education, occupation, monthly family income, gender of the child, age of the child in years, have you attended any educational programme on child abuse, what is the source of information regarding child abuse were statistically significant at 0.01 level. Size of the family is statistically significant at 0.05 level. The mean score of knowledge was 21.56 and standard deviation score was 6.588. Conclusion: Based on the obtained findings the researcher prepared a book let which will help them to improve their knowledge on prevention of child abuse.

Keywords: Child abuse, Mothers, Anganwadi centers.

"KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AMONG THE MOTHERS ATTENDING SELECTED ANGANWADI CENTERS, TIRUPATI.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.125-134, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K18.pdf

"KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AMONG THE MOTHERS ATTENDING SELECTED ANGANWADI CENTERS, TIRUPATI.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp125-134, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K18.pdf