Increasing awareness of protection from sexual abuse in children with mild intellectual disabilities: An education study

Kucuk S., Platin N., ERDEM E.

APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH, vol.38, pp.153-158, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.apnr.2017.10.016
  • Journal Name: APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.153-158
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Sexual abuse is an important problem for children and particularly those with intellectual disabilities. Increasing awareness of sexual abuse could help these children to protect themselves from such a potential encounter.