Impact of a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Package (CSAPP) on Knowledge of Appropriate and Inappropriate Touch Among Children With Intellectual Disabilities
The present study has brought out the urgent need to teach mentally retarded children about good touch and bad touch in the context of the prevention of sexual abuse to increase awareness and also spread it among more children. The CSAPP has proved to be effective in increasing awareness among the selected categories of mentally retarded children. The Department of Education, different special schools, and also the hospitals can help in spreading knowledge and awareness regarding the prevention of sexual abuse and good touch and bad touch among mentally retarded children, and contribute to protecting our children.
Authors
- Ayantika Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-5856)
- H. Joseph
- Asha Shetty
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.102527
- Primary Topic
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00