Intervention of Sexual Abuse Prevention for Mother of Children with Mental Retardation in Payakumbuh Indonesia 2016 Neherta Meri1,*, Maisa Esthika Ariany1, Sari Yulvika1 1Faculty of Nursing, Andalas University Padang Sumatera Barat Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Dr. Ns. Meri Neherta, M. Biomed Faculty Of Nursing, Andalas University Email: merineherta@nrs.unand.ac.id
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Background Mother is the closest person for her children, especially for children with mental retardation. Thus, the mother has a very important role in providing knowledge and education to prevent the occurrence of sexual abuse against children. Objectives The purpose of this study is to improve mother's knowledge and attitudes in an effort to reduce the risk of sexual abuse on children with mental retardation. Method The study method was a quasi-experimental with One-Group Pre-Test-Post-Test approach and a total sample of 45 mothers with mentally retarded children. This study was conducted over eight months, from May 2016 to January 2017. Data analysis used Paired Sample T-test. Result The study's result showed that there were increased knowledge and attitudes of the mother after given health education about primary prevention of child sexual abuse (p=0, 000) in Payakumbuh City of West Sumatera, Indonesia, the Year 2016. Conclusion It is expected that there some cooperation of related parties to regularly conduct health education on mothers who have a child with mental retardation, at least once in every semester. Top Keywords Mother, children, mental retardation, sexual abuse, primary prevention. Top |