2019, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Part A

Background: Every year an estimated 119,000 children experience some type of abuse. Child abuse is not just physical violence directed at a child. It is any form of mal treatment by an adult, which is violent or threatening for a child this includes neglect. Child abuse is any behavior that harms a child in this case anyone under 18 year of age.

Aim: the aim of the study was to assess the knowledge of child abuse among B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year students.

1. To assess the knowledge of B.Sc. Nursing 3 rd year students regarding child abuse.

2. To evaluate the effectiveness of plan teaching programme among B.Sc. Nursing 3 rd year students regarding child abuse.

3. To find out association between pretest knowledge score of B.Sc. Nursing 3 rd year students regarding child abuse with their selected demographic variables.

Methodology: 100 B.Sc. Nursing 3 rd year students were sample from selected college of nursing.

Results: Study finding showed significant difference between mean pretest knowledge score 3.11 and posttest Knowledge score 4.12 thus it shows effectiveness on knowledge of planned teaching programme.