Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Child sexual abuse occurs in a variety of settings and the POCSO Act, 2012 came into force with effect from November 14, 2012.
OBJECTIVE: A community-based cross-sectional study to assess the knowledge regarding the POCSO Act among adults in the rural community of Chandigarh was carried out in full compliance with ethical standards provided by the institutional research and ethical committee.
METHODS: A nonprobability sampling technique was used to select 190 subjects from Sector 56, Palsora, Chandigarh.
RESULTS: This study found that 55.8% have an adequate level of knowledge and 44.2% have an inadequate level of knowledge.
CONCLUSIONS: The variables heard or seen by a victim of child abuse have only significant associations with the level of knowledge.
OBJECTIVE: A community-based cross-sectional study to assess the knowledge regarding the POCSO Act among adults in the rural community of Chandigarh was carried out in full compliance with ethical standards provided by the institutional research and ethical committee.
METHODS: A nonprobability sampling technique was used to select 190 subjects from Sector 56, Palsora, Chandigarh.
RESULTS: This study found that 55.8% have an adequate level of knowledge and 44.2% have an inadequate level of knowledge.
CONCLUSIONS: The variables heard or seen by a victim of child abuse have only significant associations with the level of knowledge.
摘要：
背景：儿童性虐待发生在各种环境和POCSO法案中，2012年11月14日起生效。
目的：一项基于社区的横断面研究，旨在评估昌迪加尔农村社区成年人对《POCSO法案》的了解，这项研究完全符合机构研究和伦理委员会提供的伦理标准。
方法：使用非概率抽样技术从帕尔索拉56区选择190名受试者，昌迪加尔.
结果：这项研究发现，55.8％的知识水平足够，44.2％的知识水平不足。
结论：受虐待儿童的受害者所听到或看到的变量仅与知识水平有显著关联。
目的：一项基于社区的横断面研究，旨在评估昌迪加尔农村社区成年人对《POCSO法案》的了解，这项研究完全符合机构研究和伦理委员会提供的伦理标准。
方法：使用非概率抽样技术从帕尔索拉56区选择190名受试者，昌迪加尔.
结果：这项研究发现，55.8％的知识水平足够，44.2％的知识水平不足。
结论：受虐待儿童的受害者所听到或看到的变量仅与知识水平有显著关联。
