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Research Paper | Pediatric Specialty | Saudi Arabia | Volume 7 Issue 7, July 2018 | Popularity: 7.1 / 10

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Knowledge and Attitude of Primary Health Care Pysicins Regarding Physical Child Abuse in AL-Khobar city, Saudi Arabia 2017

Dr. Asma Abdulla ALBakr, Dr. Asma Mohemmed AL-Mari, Dr. Alaa Ahmed Babidan, Dr. Mohammed Ali M AlAmin

Abstract: ABSTRACT: Background: Child abuse is a huge international public health problem causes morbidity and mortality in children. This study aimed at evaluating primary health care physicians PHCPs knowledge, attitude and barriers to report the child physical abuse CPA in Al-khobar city, KSA. Method: Cross ? sectional survey of the PHCPs working with the Ministry of Health's primary health care centers in AL-Khobar city. The study was a non-sampled; all PHCPs in the target area were involved. Data collected using on line questionnair adapted from previous study. RESULTS: Out of the targeted 76 PHCPs, 70 participated in the study, with the response rate of 92.1%. All of them were Saudi and (75.7%) were female. The mean knowledge was 62.18 %. Findings showed that those from age group 36-40 , with long experience had higher level of the overall knowledge (p=0.020 & 0.001). Training on CPA has no significant effect on the overall knowledge and ability to detect cases (p= .538 & .127). Those who had training and protocol in the practice showed higher level of knowledge regarding the legal authority to report the CPA (p=0.020 & 0.001). The attiudes of participants twords detcting and reporting cases were generally positive . lack of knolwdge about referal procedures and possible harmful effect on the child from the family where the main cuses of under reporting . CONCLUSION: Although their attiude twords detcting and reporting cases was generally positive, the participants in this study showed insufficient knowledge about child physical abuse. These findings reproduce the serious problem of underreporting of CPA cases in KSA, which may lead to irony of the seriousness of CPA problems. Training on CPA may need revision in order to improve its effect on PHCPs ability to identify and detect cases.

Keywords: Key words: Child, Physical abuse, Primary health care physicians, knowledge, attitude, Legal authority.

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 7, July 2018

Pages: 683 - 692

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/ART20183896

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