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Knowledge on Good Touch and Bad Touch: A Cross-sectional Study

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1Sudhakar, A,Vaijayanthimala,Revathi,4Johnsy Rani
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2022.12.10.612

Abstract

The development of children is vital to the future well-being of the society. Because they are still developing, they are especially more susceptible than adults. A cross-sectional study was done to assess the knowledge level of good touch and bad touch among school children (6 - 12 years) in the selected school of Varanasi, India. The study was conducted among 76 conveniently selected students of 1st standard to 6th standard studying in Jag Narayan Singh Intermediate College, Varanasi, India. The levels of knowledge on good touch and bad touch were collected using a validated tool. After organizing and analyzing the data, the study shows that 52.6% of the samples had inadequate knowledge and 47.4% had moderate knowledge. Sexual harassment and male chauvinist behaviour are even unequally distributed over the demography of small children which is to be frowned upon and the need for immediate action against this gruesome act is strongly recommended both by society and in the eyes of the law. But before taking action on the offenders, girls and women must be educated about good touch and bad touch so that at least they could understand what situations they are in and refrain from such situations so that any more unlikely scenarios do not pop out and hurt the young girls physically and emotionally.

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