The Impact of Domestic Violence on Primary School Children in Beni Suef City

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Teacher at Nursing secondary School in Beni-Suef

2 Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni Suef University

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Background:  Domestic violence is destructive both at home and in school. Let’s be sure we know what we’re up against and fight hard for our students’ safety. Aim of the study: Assess the impact of domestic violence on primary school children at Beni-Suef City. Research design: Descriptive research design used to achieve the aim of current study. Sample: A convenience sample. Setting: Khaled Ibn Al-Walid in Abd El salam Arif and Al Ajami Primary school in Al-Rahba. Tool: Two tools used to achieve the aim of this study, First Tool: A Structured interviewing questionnaire which consisted of three parts to assess personnel characteristics of primary school children, general data about family, primary school children's knowledge regarding domestic violence, Second Tool: Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence Scale (CEDV) by Linda Chamberlain, 2016. Result: The study showed that, 22.0% of the studied participants had a good level of knowledge regarding the domestic violence, 77.3% of the studied participants had experienced low domestic abuse and 81.3% of the studied participants had a medium impact of domestic violence. Conclusion: calculated that was a highly significant positive association between their total abuse score and their impact of violence score which means a negative association between studied participant’s knowledge and abuse and impact of domestic violence. Recommendation: Further research studies should be undertaken to investigate the domestic violence confounding factors among school students to tailor and implement adequate prevention programs.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 1
March 2024
Pages 1972-1987

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