Awareness About the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act Among Healthcare Professionals and Their Role in the Care of Child Sexual Abuse Victims
The present study showed that the knowledge and practice of the POCSO Act amongst medical professionals was highly unsatisfactory. Periodic training of medical professionals and strengthening the legislature is the need of the hour.
Authors
- Amit Kumar Satapathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-7847)
- Sindhu Sankaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-4037)
- Rashmi Ranjan Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9587-0508)
- Sameer Sekhar Patra
- Joseph John
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.80598
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00