Mobile Applications Development for Prevention of Sexual Abuse
Condition: Child Sexual Abuse; Mobile Application
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This interventional study aims to examine the effect of implementing new tools for preventing
      child sexual abuse (CSA) using a designed digital application for parents/teachers.

      The main question of this study is How is the effect of the Mobile Application for Prevention
      of Sexual Violence in Elementary School-aged Children by Involving the Roles of Parents and
      School Teachers in West Java on knowledge, attitudes, communication practices, and
      self-awareness of parents and teachers in West Java.

      Two randomized groups of parents will receive or not receive a package of information using a
      mobile application called MA_PESAN.

      The MA_PESAN application is precise and can increase teachers' and parents' knowledge,
      attitudes, communication practices, and self-awareness about preventing CSA. This application
      is recommended to be applied in all elementary-level schools.
    

Detailed description: 
      There is still a lack of knowledge, attitudes, practices, communication skills, and
      self-awareness among parents and teachers, so education is needed relating to the prevention
      of CSA. The need to educate parents and teachers is significant because parents are the first
      teachers of their children in sexual education. Involving parents in educating children about
      CSA will be effective in encouraging children to use self-protection skills, enabling
      children to increase safety in the home environment, communication between parents and their
      children about sexuality, and screening of caregivers. Parents and teachers are the essential
      sources of providing information to children. The use of media can affect increased
      knowledge. Several studies on preventing CSA have proven effective in preventing CSA, such as
      education using discussion methods, pictures, videos, puppets, and sketches.

      Education programs regarding the prevention of CSA in schools need to be introduced and
      taught through schools by involving parents of students at home and teachers at schools,
      bearing in mind that currently, there is no specific educational program regarding the
      prevention of CSA in schools. Social media is the dominant communication tool in the 4.0 era.
      Support can be offered in schools through appropriate methods of preventing CSA due to its
      broad reach and impact on children's lives. The method is education on the prevention of CSA
      by using the Mobile Application for Prevention of CSA in Schools (MA_PESAN), which will be
      developed in this research. The MA_PESAN educational method is education that uses an
      application intended for parents of students and teachers. The content used in the MA_PESAN
      material contains material related to the prevention of CSA, the age of children to start
      being taught CSA prevention, who are the perpetrators/predators of CSA, whether the
      perpetrators are adults or fellow children, the importance of communication between parents
      and teachers and children, and eliminating cultural taboos in inform CSA that other studies
      in the contents of the research material have not carried out.
    

Intervention name(s): MA_PESAN MOBILE APPLICATION
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): The intervention group was given a mobile application consisting of video, and educational material that information was provided regarding the prevention of child sexual abuse.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
Primary purpose: Treatment