Effectiveness of the SmartShield for knowledge on sexual abuse prevention among primary school children in Malaysia: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT: Child sexual abuse is a significant public health issue with long-term psychological, physical, and social consequences. Despite increasing awareness, its prevention remains underrepresented in the Malaysian primary school curriculum. The SmartShield program was developed as a culturally relevant, age-appropriate, and video-based intervention to improve sexual education knowledge among primary school children. A quasi-experimental controlled trial was conducted using stratified multistage cluster sampling. Six government primary schools were randomly selected from five regions. In each school, one class from the lower and one from the upper primary were chosen. The sample size was estimated by comparing two means. The SmartShield intervention consisted of two modules per age group and was

SUBMITTER: Mat Pa MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12510487 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature