A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Domestic Violence Among People in Selected Areas of Pune City.

Abstract

Domestic violence usually occurs in different types of relationships, such as married or cohabiting partners, dating relationships, and families. It is still crucial to conduct research on domestic violence. Firstly, it visions the problem's severe ness and prevalence while drawing attention to how ordinary it is in all civilizations. Through the scanning and scrutiny of various aspects, including power dynamics, socioeconomic position, and cultural norms, researchers can obtain thorough knowledge of the fundamental rudimentary of domestic violence and evolve focused outcomes. Title:  to assess the knowledge regarding domestic violence among people in selected areas of Pune city.  Descriptive method was used for assessing the knowledge regarding domestic violence among people in selected areas.

Material and methods: Quantitative Research approach was adopted for the study. A non-experimental descriptive research design was undertaken. Non-probablity purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection. Sample size was 200 sample. The Study was done at selected areas of Pune city. Structured Knowledge questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting the data which include demographic questions and knowledge based questions. Data analysis was done by using descriptive inferential statistics. Results: Result revealed that 24%. of participants were poor knowledge Score (0-6) ,47% of people were average knowledge score (7-12), 29% of people were good knowledge Score (13-18] regarding domestic violence. Conclusion: Majority of the participants (47%) had average knowledge. There is no any association with the selected variables such as age, gender, marital status, knowledge aware about domestic violence