title: The knowledge and skills related to sexual abuse prevention among Chinese children with hearing loss in Beijing.
abstract: The prevalence of any child sexual abuse (CSA) experience before the age of 16 years ranges from 10.2 to 35.2% in China,1-5but there has been no research so far exploring the level of awareness of CSA prevention and self-protection skills among Chinese children with hearing loss.
  
  
  
  The school based survey examines the CSA prevention knowledge and self-protection skills in Chinese children with hearing loss.
  
  
  
  Fifty-one students (30 boys, 21 girls) from 10 to 16 years old participated in the study. Children's CSA prevention knowledge and self-protection skills were tested by using anonymous self-administered questionnaire which was mainly designed based on previous Chinese CSA research questionnaires, the Personal Safety Questionnaire, and the 'What If' Situations Test (WIST).
  
  
  
  There were ten questions assessing the knowledge of CSA but none of the children could correctly answer all and seventy percent of the students could not answer more than five questions correctly. Only three students got the maximum skills score. If sexual abuse occurs, about fifty two percent of the children would report it to trusted adults and most of them would report it to their relatives. Girls received significantly higher scores than boys.
  
  
  
  Chinese children with hearing loss lack knowledge regarding child sexual abuse and the way to protect themselves. There is an urgent need to develop CSA prevention programs in the school for children with hearing loss in China. Parental training and parent-child interaction on CSA prevention should be developed and promoted as well.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Buyi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China. Electronic address: g3jing_qi@bjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jingqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yichen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Beijing Academy of Education Sciences, Tou tiao 3 Hao, Nan li shi Road, Beijing, 100045, China.
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yanan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D034381:Hearing Loss; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Child sexual abuse; Children with hearing loss; China; Prevention