Fortalecimiento de las capacidades parentales para la detección y prevención del abuso sexual de sus hijos. Centro de apoyo integral “Las Tres Manuelas”. Quito, Ecuador, 2022

Abstract

This research is focused on strengthening parental skills for the detection and prevention of child sexual abuse with a psychosocial intervention approach formulated and evaluated through a psychoeducational program, for which we worked with parents who attend the "Las Tres Manuelas" Integral Support Center with their children. Initially, a sociodemographic survey of parents was formulated and analyzed in order to know the risk factors for sexual abuse that their children may present. The implementation of the psychoeducational program was carried out through workshops that were designed based on three indicators: knowledge, sensitization and awareness, likewise, a questionnaire was conducted to measure the knowledge of the participants about child sexual abuse, it was taken before starting the psychoeducational program and after this, to measure the impact of the program and level of knowledge acquired by the participants, which culminated positively since, The analysis of the results shows a considerable increase in the average scores of the participants in the final questionnaire with respect to the initial questionnaire, therefore the parents acquired more knowledge and resources to detect and prevent sexual abuse in their children and thus the risk factors that their children have may decrease.