Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review
Background: Sexual child abuse is a form of anti-social behavior with the children that cause potential harm to the health, development and dignity of the child. Knowledge of children about these issues can help to protect themselves against sexual abuse. This study aimed to review systematically a...
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Background: Sexual child abuse is a form of anti-social behavior with the children that cause potential harm to the health, development and dignity of the child. Knowledge of children about these issues can help to protect themselves against sexual abuse. This study aimed to review systematically available documents about the importance of knowledge on self-protection of sexual abuse in children.
Methods: In this systematic review, “sexual abuse”, “self-protection” and “knowledge” were searched in Scopus, Google Scholar, Ovid, PubMed, and Science Direct as the search words, and after considering the inclusion criteria and excluding irrelevant articles, the relevant articles were included for data extraction. In the included studies, children were educated about sexual abuse, and questionnaires were designed to compare the impact of education and the level of knowledge in children before and after education.
Results: Overall, 19 articles with overall 6582 children were found that were published from 1987-2020. The main awareness of children was from parents, educators and then the media. Age of the child, education level of family, good relationship between family members, adequate education by school teachers in the form of educational programs and even media play an important role in increasing knowledge of children about sexual abuse. Education to children, on average, led to 77.43% more awareness and as a results self-protection against sexual abuse and rape.
Conclusion: Insufficient education or lack of knowledge about sexual abuse is a critical issue in children. Therefore, it is necessary to design educational programs to increase their knowledge about sexual abuse and strategies for self-protection in this age group.
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| spelling | doaj.art-da5960ce72f642b595fe489fe7f38db12022-12-22T04:23:48ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932022-08-0151810.18502/ijph.v51i8.10257Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic ReviewZahra Rahimi Khalifeh Kandi0Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar1Farideh Khalajabadi Farahani2Nammamali Azadi3Morteza Mansourian4Department Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Population and Health, National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute, Tehran, IranDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: Sexual child abuse is a form of anti-social behavior with the children that cause potential harm to the health, development and dignity of the child. Knowledge of children about these issues can help to protect themselves against sexual abuse. This study aimed to review systematically available documents about the importance of knowledge on self-protection of sexual abuse in children. Methods: In this systematic review, “sexual abuse”, “self-protection” and “knowledge” were searched in Scopus, Google Scholar, Ovid, PubMed, and Science Direct as the search words, and after considering the inclusion criteria and excluding irrelevant articles, the relevant articles were included for data extraction. In the included studies, children were educated about sexual abuse, and questionnaires were designed to compare the impact of education and the level of knowledge in children before and after education. Results: Overall, 19 articles with overall 6582 children were found that were published from 1987-2020. The main awareness of children was from parents, educators and then the media. Age of the child, education level of family, good relationship between family members, adequate education by school teachers in the form of educational programs and even media play an important role in increasing knowledge of children about sexual abuse. Education to children, on average, led to 77.43% more awareness and as a results self-protection against sexual abuse and rape. Conclusion: Insufficient education or lack of knowledge about sexual abuse is a critical issue in children. Therefore, it is necessary to design educational programs to increase their knowledge about sexual abuse and strategies for self-protection in this age group. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/27518Sexual abuseSelf-protectionKnowledgeChildrenChild abuseSystematic review |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Rahimi Khalifeh Kandi Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar Farideh Khalajabadi Farahani Nammamali Azadi Morteza Mansourian Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review Iranian Journal of Public Health Sexual abuse Self-protection Knowledge Children Child abuse Systematic review |
| title | Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Significance of Knowledge in Children on Self-Protection of Sexual Abuse: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | significance of knowledge in children on self protection of sexual abuse a systematic review |
| topic | Sexual abuse Self-protection Knowledge Children Child abuse Systematic review |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/27518 |
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