Objective@#To investigate the
attitudes and demands of
parents of
children in Luzhou towards
family based
child sexual abuse prevention
education.@*
Methods@#A
self administered anonymous
questionnaire survey was conducted among
parents of
children in Luzhou City
who were selected from stratified
cluster sampling. Multiple
linear regression model was used to analyze
parents attitudes.@*Results@#
Parents attitude towards prevention of
sexual assault education was positive (average score 16.70± 3.67 ). The results of multiple
regression analysis showed that
parents of
only child ( β =0.30),
parents who participated in related activities ( β =1.28), communicated with
relatives and
friends ( β =0.81), and lived in
urban areas ( β =0.49) had more positive
attitudes. In terms of parental factors, average annual
family income higher than 100 000 yuan ( β =0.39),
mothers of young
children ( β =0.88), and
parents with a high level of
knowledge about
sexual assault prevention
education ( β =0.98), the
mother being a teacher or a
medical staff ( β =0.52), and educational background of the
mother being
high school/
secondary school ( β =1.03), college/undergraduate or above ( β =1.42) were associated with more positive
attitudes( P <0.01). The results of demand
analysis showed that
parents had high demand for
child s
self protection (96.86%).@*Conclusion@#
Parents of young
children in Luzhou City show generally
positive attitude and high demand towards
family based
sexual abuse prevention.
Knowledge training and publicity regarding
child sexual abuse should be improved for
children who had
siblings, from rural and township areas, and whose
parents with low educational background.