Mothers Attitudes Toward Child Sexual Abuse Prevention in Schools: A Preliminary Examination

Knowledge, attitudes, views and experiences of fathers toward child sexual abuse: A mixed‐method study

“…In a different study assessing children's and parents' views on child sexual abuse, it was discovered that parents' awareness was below the moderate level (Apaydın Cırık et al, 2022). Numerous studies evaluating the knowledge, attitudes and views of parents on child sexual abuse have recommended that parents be supported with parent‐based education programs (Kenny & Prikhidko, 2022; Paslı, 2017; Rudolph et al, 2022; Tunç et al, 2018; Zhang et al, 2020). The aim of this is to raise their level of knowledge, enhance their protective roles and enable them to talk to their children about sexual abuse.…”

“…It reported that children exposed to the book increased their capacity to recognise a possible abuse situation and enabled them to refuse an inappropriate touch request (Huang & Cui, 2020). It was concluded that using books on sexuality and sexual abuse education can help parents (Kenny & Prikhidko, 2022). In our study, fathers stated that these issues are not mentioned, they are kept secret, children are silenced and sexuality is considered shameful for cultural reasons.…”

“…It is essential to increase parents' understanding of CSA, foster positive attitudes and assure their active participation in primary prevention. However, the relevant literature is generally focused on the knowledge and attitudes of mothers (Goli & Mohammadi Ahmad Abadi, 2019; Kenny & Prikhidko, 2022; Khoori et al, 2020). In addition, most of the participants in parent‐based training studies are mothers (Alzoubi et al, 2018; Apaydın Cırık et al, 2020; Apaydın Cırık et al, 2022; Navaei et al, 2018; Salloum et al, 2020; Zhang et al, 2020).…”

“…Most of the participants in the relevant training are mothers, which supports the theory that mothers take more responsibility for this issue (Apaydın Cırık et al, 2020; Jin et al, 2019; Zhang et al, 2020). Kenny and Prikhidko (2022) emphasised that most mothers want to be a part of a sexual abuse prevention program. However, the father's role is also very critical in the growth and development of children (Cabrera et al, 2018).…”

Knowledge of Children Related to Reproductive Health to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse in Elementary Schools

“…Prevention of sexual violence against children is critical because it can provide security for children [15]. Therefore, sexual violence prevention programs must be ageappropriate and involve parents [16]. In Central Java, elementary school children can identify appropriate touch and inappropriate touch [17,18].…”