An Investigation of Risk Factors for Repeated Child Abuse of Kaliiro Sub-County, Lyantonde District Southern Central Uganda.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .1

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

AKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES vW

LIST OF FIGURES

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the problem 3

1 .3 Objectives of the study 3

1.3.1 General objective 3

1.3.2 Specific objectives 4

1 .4 Research questions 4

1.5 Scope of the Study 4

1 .7 Operational definitions 5

1.8 Conceptual Frame work 6

CHAPTER TWO~

REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE g

2.1 Concepts, ideas, and opinions of Experts! Authors 9

2.2 Theoretical Perspective 11

2.3 Related Studies 13

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CHAPTER THREE .

METHODOLOGY 16

3.0 Research design 16

3.1 Area of Study 16

3.2 Study Population 16

3.3 Sample Size 16

3.4 Sampling Procedure 17

3.5 Research instruments 17

3.6 Sources of Data 17

3.7 Ethical considerations 17

3.8 Data Analysis 18

3.10 Data Presentation 18

CHAPTER FOUR 19

4.1 Introduction 19

4.2 Interviews Data Analysis 19

4.3 Knowledge That Parents, Care Givers and Community Posses on Child Abuse 20

4.4 Practices of the Respondents on Child Abuse 23

4.5 Qualitative Data Analysis 26

4.5.1 Introduction 26

4.5.2 Respondent’s Knowledge on Child Abuse 26

4.5.3 Types of Child Abuse the Respondents Knew 26

4.5.4 The Areas that the Child Abuse Occurs in the Community 26

4.5.5 The Most Perpetrators of Child Abuse in the Community 27

4.5.6 The causes of Child Abuse in the Sub county 27

4.5.7 The Action Been Taken to Stop the Child Abuse in the District 27

4.5.8 The Responsible Persons in Stopping Child Abuse in Kaliiro sub county, Lyatonde 28

4.5.9 The Effects of Child Abuse to the Children who are Abused 28

4.5.10 The Effects of Child Abuse to the Children Themselves, the Family, Community and

Nation 28

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4.511 The Option to Stop Child Abuse in Kaliiro Subcounty 28

CHAPTER FIVE 29

5.0 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 29

5.1 Discussion 29

5.1.1 Introduction 29

5.2 Recommendations 31

5.2.1 General Recommendations 31

REFFERENCES 32

Appendices 34

Appendix I: Interview Guiding Questions to the Respondents 34

Appendix II: Questionnaire to the School Children of 15 -17 Years Old of Siant John

Compressive Secondary School in the West District 36

Appendix III: Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Guiding Questions to the Respondents 38