Original Articles · pages 312–315
Attitude of Medical Students to Sexual Abuse in Children
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Kriti Soni, Madhura Samudra, Suprakash Chaudhury, Daniel Saldanha, Vedansh Nehra. Attitude of Medical Students to Sexual Abuse in Children. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2022;35(4):312–315.
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Introduction: The issue of sexual abuse of children is widespread and adversely affects the overall development and welfare of children. In addition to the affected child, CSA but also affects their families in particular and the community in general. Medical students, as future doctors have amoral and legal duty to identify and report suspected child sexual abuse. Aim of the study was to assess attitude of medical students to sexual abuse in children. Methods: The study was conducted among 504 medical students all over India through an online questionnaire using self-made questionnaire, Child Sexual Abuse myths scale and Attitude to sexual abuse scale. The data was analyzed using the SPSS.
Keywords
Child sexual abuse myths scale, Attitude to sexual abuse scale, attitude of doctors 1Internee, 2Senior Resident, 3Professor & HOD, 4Professor Emeritus, 5Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry