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Knowledge,Attitudes and Eductional Experiences of a Group of Egyptian Dental Students Regarding Physical Chid Abuse

NCT03598062 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2018-07-26

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Summary

Scientific background ( Statement of the problem) :

Child abuse continues to be a serious social problem amongst all cultural and socio-economic groups that causing physical and emotional trauma to children and can even lead to death. Child abuse or child maltreatment is physical, sexual or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or caregiver. The term child abuse and child maltreatment are used interchangeably ( WHO,2002 ) . Although the Egyptian child law no.12 of 1996 saves the right of the child to life, survival, and development in a supportive family environment and to be protected from all forms of violence, or injury, or physical, mental or sexual abuse Egyptian children facing different types of abuse (UNICEF Egypt,2014) .

Dentists are in the most favourable position to recognise child abuse , because 50-75 % of reported lesions involve the mouth region, the face and the neck but many dentists fail to report suspected cases of abuse ( Bodrumlu et al.,2016 and Kaur et al.,2017 ) . The quality of dental education could be one crucial factor that may contribute to an increase in the detection and the reporting of child maltreatment by dental care providers and students (Malpani et al. ,2017) .

Rationale for carrying out this study As there is no sufficient data about Egyptian dental students's knowledge and attitude in regard to child physical abuse , so the aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitudes and educational experiences of a group of Egyptian dental students regarding child physical abuse .

Benefits to the practitioners

* Increase the awareness of dental students about child abuse and their role in child protection.
* Discovering the main reasons for not reporting suspicion of child abuse.
* Knowledge about physical signs of abuse will help dental students in detecting child abuse cases.

Benefits to the patient and population

* Increase the knowledge and awareness of all health care providers toward child abuse will help in detection of child abuse cases and child protection .
* Asking the parents or care giver about the physical signs that may indicate child abuse will make them fear from reporting and stop their act.

Conditions

  • Conditions Child Abuse

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-01
Completion
2019-02-28

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