• Rajeswari P M
• Dr.A. Jayasudha
• Poornima Mary Rodriguez

Introduction: Child abuse is a global problem which can be defined as a variety of abnormal behaviors directed against children. It includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and child neglect. One of the important factors which are responsible for child abuse is lack of parenting knowledge regarding the various types of child abuse and its prevention. Hence this study focused on the mother’s knowledge regarding child abuse. Methods: Descriptive study design was adopted for this study. This study was conducted in selected urban area (Gandhimanagar), Coimbatore. 50 mothers were selected for this study by using purposive sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge regarding child abuse among the mothers. Result: The result showed that 10% of the mothers had inadequate knowledge, 58% of the mothers had moderate knowledge and 32% of the mothers had adequate knowledge regarding child abuse. Conclusion: The present study concluded that majority of the mothers had moderate knowledge regarding child abuse. The finding suggests that the awareness about child abuse can be beneficial for the mothers to save their children from child abuse.

Child abuse, knowledge of mothers.

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AMONG MOTHERS AT SELECTED URBAN AREA IN COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.e679-e683, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201495.pdf

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AMONG MOTHERS AT SELECTED URBAN AREA IN COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppe679-e683, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201495.pdf