A Descriptive Study to assess the knowledge regarding Good Touch and Bad Touch among children (9-12 years) in a selected school of Ludhiana, Punjab
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha College of Nursing, Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab.
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A study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch among children (9-12years) in a selected school of Ludhiana, Punjab. A Descriptive approach and purposive sampling technique was used on 100 students of S.K.S.S. International Sen. Sec. Public School Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab. Data was collected by using self structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge regarding good and bad touch. The results showed that 76% of students were having excellent knowledge, 23% were having good knowledge and 1% were having fair knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch.
KEYWORDS: Knowledge, Good Touch, Bad Touch.
In current days, we hear a lot about molestation from news paper and media. Every single day when we read newspaper, watch news, there is always news of young children being abused by adult around them whom they trust or a stranger. The problem is that they even do not realize that something wrong had happened to them as they do not know about good touch and bad touch. In India child sexual abuse is widely spreading and occurs at both within and outside family circle. These negative consequences of touch effect children's mental health throughout their lifespan. Everyday safety of children throughout country is threatened keeping our future generations safe is not responsibility of family and teacher.
"Good" touch and "bad" touch are words most commonly used to explain to children what touch is and isn't okay, and help them understand what situations they should tell a safe person about and ask for help, and how they should treat other people. For children, "good" touch is touch that cares for them, that is necessary for their health or safety, or makes them feel safe, or is fun. "Bad" touch is any touch that they don't want or makes them feel scared, or any secret touch, or any touch on their genitals or bottom, unless it's necessary for their health. For children playing together, a good rule is: if the other person isn't having fun, you have to stop.
Childhood is most important time in human development. Bad touch is serious and widespread problem in India. Both boys and girls are vulnerable.
Research has shown that it is three times more often in girls than boys. Survey conducted among elementary students in India have shown that one in four had suffered from bad touch. Statistics also revealed that it has effected both the genders.
There is a need for more research that focus on awareness and prevention of good touch and bad touch. The need for the study is to understand school age student's knowledge of good touch and bad touch in children and how they aware about the good touch and bad touch and associated psychological problems and disorders. Hence the researcher felt the need to assess the knowledge of school age children regarding good touch and bad touch in selected school of Sarabha, Ludhiana.
1. To assess the knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch among children (9-12years) in a selected school of Ludhiana, Punjab.
2. To determine the association between demographic variables and knowledge of good and bad touch with the selected socio- demographic variables.
3. To provide the information, education and communication (pamphlet) material among the children in selected school of Ludhiana, Punjab.
The descriptive research design was used in this study. In this research design, there was focus on the child’s knowledge about good and bad touch.
The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch among children (9-12years) in S.K.S.S. International Sen. Sec. Public School Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab.
A descriptive research approach and purposive sampling technique that is self structured questionnaire method was used for the study. The tool was divided into two parts as demographic variables and questionnaire related to good touch and bad touch. This study was conducted in February 2020 to assess the knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch in school of Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with mean, standard deviation; percentage, ‘t’ test and ANOVA test.
The present study reveals that 76% students were having excellent knowledge,23% were having good knowledge and 1% were having fair knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch. The findings of present study indicate that most of the students were having excellent knowledge regarding good and bad touch and can easily distinguish between them. The study also find out the effect of demographic variables i.e. age, class, religion, type of family, father’s education and mother’s education had significant impact on the knowledge regarding good and bad touch among children (9-
12years), whereas gender had no impact on it.
The study recommends the following research:
· A similar study can be under taken for a large sample in different settings.
· A comparative study can be conduct among rural and urban children regarding awareness on good touch or bad touch.
· A further study can be carried out as a comparison between school and clinical setting.
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Received on 18.12.2020 Modified on 12.04.2021
Accepted on 07.06.2021 ©A&V Publications All right reserved
Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2021; 11(4):473-474.
DOI: 10.52711/2349-2996.2021.00113