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The purpose of the study is to determine and compare the characteristics of child sexual abuse (CSA) cases who applied to the children’s advocacy center (CAC) before and during the pandemic. The population and sample of this descriptive, retrospective study consists of the files of children who came to Burdur CAC for CSA between April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020 and April 1, 2020-March 31, 2021. A total of 171 files were examined in study. Data were collected using the Data Collection Form developed by the researchers. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Man Whitney U and Bonferroni tests were used for the analysis of the data. Prior to the study, permission was obtained from the Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Directorate, and Ethics Committee. The results showed that that 113 out of 171 children came to CAC before pandemic, and the number of children who came to CAC decreased during the pandemic (n=58). It was found that 60.8% of children were exposed to non-penetrative sexual abuse, and the number of sexual abuse decreased during pandemic process compared to pre-pandemic period. Regarding the characteristics of perpetrators; mean age was 32.6±16.1 years and 98.8% of them were males. It was also found that both before and during pandemic, children were mostly abused by their friends/lovers, and most of the abuse took place in home of the perpetrator. Those who reported abuse before and during pandemic were found to demonstrate statistically significant differences (p<0.001). Most of the notifications were found to be made by teachers (n=69) before pandemic, while number of teachers’ notifications decreased (n=9) during pandemic process, and the most notifications were made by mothers and fathers (n=23). In the future, it is recommended to carry out studies to determine types of CSA faced by children in digital environments before, during and after pandemic.

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This study was conducted to determine the effect of practices for mentally disabled children on attitudes of nursing students towards disabled people. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in mixed design (experimental+content analysis). It was realized of third-year nursing students between February 5 and June 30, 2018. The quantitative data were collected before and after the study by using the Student Identification Form and Attitude Scale for Disabled People. Qualitative data were collected writing a letter of the students in the experimental group. Results: It was determined that while the students in the experimental group had higher total mean scores and those decreased in the control group. The themes were determined as realizing the children with mental disabilities and what they can do, realizing their own prejudices about children with mental disabilities, understanding teachers in the education of children with mental disabilities, understanding the difficulties of families with mentally disabled children, gains obtained by working with the children with mental disabilities and their families. Conclusion: The findings of this study are significant to education as nursing schools undergraduate education of nursing students to develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards mental disability children and their families. Amaç: Bu çalışma, zihinsel engelli çocuklara yönelik uygulamaların hemşirelik öğrencilerinin engellilere yönelik tutumları üzerine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma karma desende (deneysel+içerik analizi) yapılmıştır. 5 Şubat-30 Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında üçüncü sınıf hemşirelik öğrencileri ile yürütülmüştür. Nicel veriler, Öğrenci Tanıtım Formu ve Özürlülere Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak çalışma öncesi ve sonrasında toplanmıştır. Nitel veriler için hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yazdıkları mektuplar kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Deney grubundaki öğrencilerin ortalama puanlarının daha fazla olduğu ve kontrol grubundaki öğrencilerin puanlarının azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Temalar; zihinsel engelli çocukların ve neler yapabileceklerinin farkına varma, zihinsel engelli çocuklara yönelik önyargılarının farkına varma, zihinsel engelli çocukların eğitiminde öğretmenleri anlama, zihinsel engelli çocuğu olan ailelerin zorluklarını anlamak, zihinsel engelli çocuklar ve aileleri ile çalışmanın kazansırdıklarıdır. Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın bulguları, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin lisans eğitimlerinde zihinsel engelli çocuklar ve ailelerine yönelik bilgi, beceri ve tutumlarını geliştirmeleri için önemlidir.