Sexual harassment is a real and serious problem that can affect any child or youth regardless of gender, race, or age. It can threaten physical or emotional well-being.
Aim: of this study was to evaluate the effect of sexual harassment preventive program for mothers to protect their children.
Design: A qausi-experimental design was utilized.
Setting: The study was carried out at Maternal and child health center in Benha.
Sample: A purposive sample of 120 mothers out of total numbers 1208.
Tools: Data were collected through: An interviewing questionnaire to assess mothers’ demographic characteristics, sexual harassment knowledge, likert scale to assess mothers' attitudes related to child sexual harassment prevention education and questionnaire to assess mothers' practices through asking questions related to healthy child sexual development and sexual harassment prevention.
Results: The results of the current study showed that, 44.2% of studied mothers aged 30 years or more, there were highly statistically significant differences between pre and post implementation of sexual harassment preventive program of studied participants regarding their level of knowledge and their practices. Also, highly statistically significant difference was found between pre and post implementation of program of studied participants concerning their attitudes toward preventive sexual harassment education where p: (