Anuar, Anhar Syazwan Muhammad (2022) Knowledge, attitude and practice associated with child abuse among the school teachers in Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Introduction: Child abuse is not a new phenomenon. It happens in all over the world. This study aims to measure the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards child abuse, and determine the predictive factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and practice among the teachers in Malaysia. With the new understanding on child abuse, this would allow better evaluation and provision of the child abuse law among the school teachers in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted throughout the month of January to February 2022, by enrolling 257 respondents. We utilised a validated questionnaire that was uploaded to Google Forms, a web-based application used to create and edit surveys online. A link to the questionnaire was generated in the form of URL address and QR code, which subsequently was shared via the online platforms such as Whatsapp and Telegram messaging services, Facebook, and Twitter. The questionnaire consists of six parts pertaining to knowledge, attitude and practice regarding child abuse. Results: A total of 257 school teachers were included in the study. The majority of the respondents were Malay (91.1%), Women (73.9%) and Married (86.4%). Median score for practice was 2 (IQR 4) and for knowledge was 2.5(IQR 1). Marriage, education, gender and higher education level were significantly associated and interdependently variable with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding child abuse with p-value < 0.05. Male gender has significant associations with poor attitude. Higher education level with male gender were the significant negative predictors for poor knowledge. Conclusion: The likelihood of poor knowledge, attitude and practice among school teachers in Malaysia may be attributed from the lack of awareness, training and education about child abuse. Teachers’ roles as ‘reporters’ for child abuse cases can be controversial. Improving training model and aggressive education strategies may boost the knowledge, attitude and practice about child abuse among the school teachers in Malaysia
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Child abuse |
| Subjects: | R Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan (School of Medical Sciences) > Thesis |
| Depositing User: | MUHAMMAD AKIF AIMAN AB SHUKOR |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2026 02:44 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2026 03:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63783 |
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