• MANISH BIJLWAN
• Qazi Kashif Alam
• ABHISHEK KIRTI

ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the knowledge on preventive measures of Child Abuse among adolescent. This study involved 200 of adolescent girls and boys those are studying at selected school in Greater Noida. The study followed an evaluative research approach with one group pre-test and post-test design to evaluate the effectiveness of SEP on knowledge regarding preventive measures of child abuse among adolescence in selected school in Greater Noida. Convenient Sampling Technique was used to select 200 adolescence students as the study sample. The tool used was structured knowledge questionnaire which consisted of two parts, Part-I included eleven items on demographic data of the sample and Part-II included Twenty-Five items on knowledge regarding preventive measures of child abuse among adolescence. A structured educational programme was prepared based on review of literatures and expert’s suggestions. The tools were validated by experts. The pilot study was conducted in Shahid Bhagat Singh Inter College, Surajpur, Greater Noida among 20 adolescence children. The main study was conducted in UMA Senior Public school, Surajpur, Greater Noida. Pre-test was administered to the sample for 30 minutes, after pre-test the structured educational programme was started for 45 min. On the 7th day post test was conducted to the same sample using the same tool. Data gathered was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, median, mode, standard deviation and Chi square test. The findings revealed that the adolescent do not have proper knowledge about preventive measure of Child Abuse such as who are the perpetrators and child victim and types of Child Abuse. Major findings of the study were: The existing knowledge of adolescence students shows that there was a lack of knowledge regarding preventive measures of child abuse. Overall post-test mean knowledge score (20.62% and SD 3.569215%) was higher when compared with pre-test knowledge score (11.47739% and SD 2.806601%). The statistical paired, ‘t‘ test implies that difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge found statistically significant at 5% level indicating the effectiveness of structured educational programme. There was no significant association between pre-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables. Teachers of the selected school were supportive for the educational programme on preventive measures of Child Abuse. This study found that educational level was significantly associated with pre-test and post-test after providing intervention of structured educational programme. The major findings show that SEP on knowledge regarding preventive measures of child abuse among adolescence enhanced the knowledge of students. The conclusion of the study was that adolescent appeared to gained good knowledge. Their knowledge and skill of effective communication should be promoting Child Abuse prevention level among adolescent.

SEP – Structured Educational Programme, SKQ – Structured Knowledge Questionnaire, Child Abuse, knowledge and adolescent

"A study to assess the effectiveness of structured educational programme on knowledge regarding preventive measures for child abuse among adolescence in selected school of greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.d260-d268, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208333.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of structured educational programme on knowledge regarding preventive measures for child abuse among adolescence in selected school of greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppd260-d268, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208333.pdf