A survey to find out the internet use, risky online behavior and safety measures among school children of kundapura taluk.

Recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: CTRI/2023/02/049489
• Lead Sponsor: JENNIFER FREEDA MENEZES

Brief Summary

In today’s world, the internet is one of the most widely used technologies. In India 70 percent of youth spend more than 5 hours on the internet in a usual week. In terms of social networking platforms, India’s youth are constantly connected via Facebook (93%), YouTube (87%), WhatsApp (79%) etc. (Mcafee 2014). According to Dowell, Burgess and Cavanaugh (2009) and Livingstone with Colleagues (2011) communicating with strangers, dangerous sexual behavior, revealing personal information, cyberbullying and access to age-inappropriate web pages are among the most common forms of risky behavior on internet. India is a developing country and its important to keep in mind that schoolchildren and teenagers, who are at the age of puberty lack knowledge and are most likely to engage in risky online behavior. So, the investigator wants to determine the degree or extent to which online risk is prevalent among school children so that it can be controlled to ensure safety of the children and save them from hazard of online activity.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1020

Inclusion Criteria

• Children aged between 10 to 16 years attending schools.
• Children who know to read and write Kannada and English.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children who are not available during data collection and not willing to participate.
• Mothers and children who are not willing to give consent and assent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessing the internet use, online activity and risky online behavior.	Base line

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessing safety measures to protect the child from future online risk.	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

Bearys Seaside Public School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Government High School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Government higher primary and high school; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Mother Theresa Memorial School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

S R V K English medium School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

S.V English Medium School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

S.V Kannada Medium school; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

St. Marys kannada Medium School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

St.Pius X higher primary and high School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

V K R Acharya Memorial English Medium School; 🇮🇳 Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Bearys Seaside Public School

🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Jennifer Menezes

Principal investigator

9448618329

uahsbearysseasidekodi@gmail.com