Background: Child maltreatment is a major public health problem with significant medical, legal, and social implications that can result in serious injuries, permanent disabilities, and even death Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program developed for second-grade primary school students. Method: This randomized controlled study was conducted with 59 second-grade students enrolled in two primary schools in a district center during the 2025-2026 academic year. One school was assigned to the intervention group (n=32) and the other to the control group (n=27). The intervention group received the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program consisting of nine weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 25-30 minutes. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Children's Knowledge of Abuse Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, independent samples t-test, and mixed-design analysis of variance (Mixed ANOVA) were used for data analysis. Keywords: Child sexual abuse; Prevention education; School-based intervention; Primary school students.
Age range
7 Years – 8 Years
Sex
ALL
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The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and their homogeneous distribution according to the experimental and control group
Timeframe: Baseline
Children's Knowledge of Abuse
Timeframe: Baseline (Pretest) and immediately after completion of the 9-week intervention (Posttest)
Inappropriate Touching Subscale Score
Timeframe: Baseline (Pretest) and immediately after completion of the 9-week intervention (Posttest).
Inappropriate Touching
Timeframe: Baseline (Pretest) and immediately after completion of the 9-week intervention (Posttest).