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Abstract
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Introduction
Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. However, in India, as in many other countries, there has been no understanding of the extent, magnitude and trends of the problem.
The growing complexities of life and the dramatic changes brought about by socio-economic transitions in India have played various and newer forms of abuse. Child abuse has serious physical and psychosocial consequences which adversely affect the health and overall wellbeing of a child.
According to the WHO
''Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power.
The National Study on Child Abuse undertaken by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, in 2005, attempts to understand the extent of the problem, its dimensions as well as its intensity. In addition, it examines two aspects.
In 2013 report India's hell holes:
Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes, the Asian Centre for Human Rights said that sexual offences against children in India have reached epidemic proportion. The report stated that more than 48,000 child rape cases were recorded from 2001 to 2011 and that India saw an increase of 336% of child rape cases from 2001 (2,113 cases) to 2011 (7,112 cases).
Government of India study on child abuse (UNICEF) the findings of the Study on Child Abuse clearly indicate that a very large number of children in India are not even safe in their homes. It is here, in the home, that we must start tackling the problem of child abuse. Interventions are needed to bring about change in the ways family members behave towards children in the home.
Research shows that the incidence of abuse among school-going children is lower than amongst those who do not attend school. All efforts must therefore be made to ensure that all children attend school and that schools provide them with a protective environment that is free from violence, with an emphasis on the elimination of corporal punishment. The recent news says that medical profession is arrested due to denial to report or identify a child abuse (Times of India). So the researcher assume that every nursing professional to be aware to identify cases and to be reported, meanwhile the parents have a role to identify a child abuse, their Physiological and behavior status of child also the family member specially mother to be attention toward child in their home. So the researcher took interest of the study to know the awareness of the child abuse among the mother.
Statement of the problem
A study to assess the level of knowledge regarding Child Abuse among the mothers in selected areas at Latur.
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