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To devise strategies for prevention of CSA at the primary care level, we studied the prevalence of CSA amongst college students aged 17\u201325 years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A group of medical students and their friends were sent, an anonymous questionnaire validated by experts via WhatsApp. The questionnaire assessed demography, occurrence of prior CSA and details of the sexual abuse.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>About 574 students participated in the study. The majority of respondents were female (380, 66.2%). About 467 (81.2%) of participants were from South India. Of the 380 women and 194 men who consented to participate in the study, 218 (57.3%) and 65 (33.5%), respectively, said that they had been sexually abused in the past (p &lt; 0.00001). The event commonly occurred at 12\u201314 years (22.6%), but about 53% of victims were &lt;12 years of age. The perpetrator was usually male (93.2%), less than 30 years of age (54%) and a stranger (42.7%). The most common form of CSA from 348 instances in 283 respondents was some form of \u201cbad touch or caresses\u201d (56.6%). About 25.8% of those abused did not speak to anyone about the event. Only 249 respondents (43%) were counselled regarding CSA by their parents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of CSA amongst South Indian college students is 49.3%. The victims were mainly girls &lt;12 years of age and the perpetrators were mainly male (93.2%). Primary Care Physicians can play a greater role in the early detection and prevention of CSA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_1081_21","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,19]],"date-time":"2022-10-19T07:34:07Z","timestamp":1666164847000},"page":"5072-5076","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A study on child sexual abuse reported by urban indian college students"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Arman Z.","family":"Chacko","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jackwin S. 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