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Child sexual abuse is the involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or violates the laws or social taboos of society.1 Worldwide it is estimated that at least 1 in 10 girls and 1 in 20 boys experience some form of sexual abuse in childhood.2 The ultimate goal is to stop child sexual abuse before it starts. Strategies that support parents and teach positive parenting skills are very important. It is the need of time to understand and improve public awareness of child sexual abuse prevention, especially for the parents. Objectives: The study has been undertaken with the objectives to assess the level of knowledge regarding child sexual abuse and its prevention among the mothers of school going children, to evaluate the effect of an information booklet on child sexual abuse and its prevention among the mothers of school going children, to find out the association between the pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables such as age, religion, education, occupation, number of the children and types of family.