Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention among Primary School Teachers: A Study in a City of Guangdong Province of China

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to understand the status of knowledge, attitudes, and educational practice of child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention among primary school teachers in a city of Guangdong province of China in order to provide baseline information for CSA prevention training for teachers. Teachers from 8 schools in a city of Guangdong province were surveyed, in May 2019, via an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. On the whole, primary school teachers had positive attitudes toward CSA prevention, but their knowledge and educational practice for CSA prevention were somewhat limited. Results of multiple logistic regression showed that older teachers (40 years or older) (OR = 1.692. 95%CI 1.135, 2.521), classroom teachers (OR = 1.877. 95%CI 1.269, 2.776), and teachers who had participated in training (OR = 4.293. 95%CI 2.907, 6.339) had more educational practice. The findings in this study could provide useful information for developing further CSA prevention education in primary schools.

KEYWORDS:

• Preventing child sexual abuse
• primary school teachers
• knowledge
• attitudes
• educational practice
• China

Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to all the teachers who participated in this study, and people who gave the support and help for this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical standards and informed consent

This survey was approved by Peking University Institutional Review Board.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the 2018 Ministry of Education Humanities and social sciences research planning fund project under Grant [18YJAZH005].

Notes on contributors

Yuejiao Wu

Yuejiao Wu, Master of Science, was a Master candidate at Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing, China.

Jingqi Chen

Jingqi Chen, Ph.D., is at the Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing, China.

Suying Guo

Suying Guo, Master of Science, is in National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Shanghai, China.