Objective: To investigate the attitudes and demands of parents of children in Luzhou towards family based child sexual abuse prevention education. Methods: A self administered anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among parents of children in Luzhou City who were selected from stratified cluster sampling. Multiple linear regression model was used to analyze parents attitudes. Results: Parents attitude towards prevention of sexual assault education was positive (average score 16.70± 3.67 ). The results of multiple regression analysis showed that parents of only child ( β =0.30), parents who participated in related activities ( β =1.28), communicated with relatives and friends ( β =0.81), and lived in urban areas ( β =0.49) had more positive attitudes. In terms of parental factors, average annual family income higher than 100 000 yuan ( β =0.39), mothers of young children ( β =0.88), and parents with a high level of knowledge about sexual assault prevention education ( β =0.98), the mother being a teacher or a medical staff ( β =0.52), and educational background of the mother being high school/secondary school ( β =1.03), college/undergraduate or above ( β =1.42) were associated with more positive attitudes( P <0.01). The results of demand analysis showed that parents had high demand for child s self protection (96.86%). Conclusion Parents of young children in Luzhou City show generally positive attitude and high demand towards family based sexual abuse prevention. Knowledge training and publicity regarding child sexual abuse should be improved for children who had siblings, from rural and township areas, and whose parents with low educational background.

Objective: To investigate family based child sexual abuse prevention education in rural areas of Luzhou, to provide guidance for child sexual abuse prevention and intervention. Methods: By stratified cluster sampling, from December 2021 to January 2022, 1 213 parents were investigated with the simplified scale of knowledge attitude practice of family sexual education. The influencing factors of family sexual education were analyzed by multiple linear regression. Results: The score of family sexual abuse prevention education in rural areas of Luzhou was (11.21 ± 3.99), and the pass rate was 51.69%. The results showed that maternal education of junior high school ( β =0.79), senior high school / technical secondary school( β =1.26) and bachelor / college degree or above( β =1.75), mothers to be the main educators ( β =1.29) were positively associated with, while being girls( β =-0.41) and left behind children ( β =-0.59) were negatively associated with family child sex abuse prevention education score( P <0.05). Children received sex education in school( β =0.81), adequate knowledge of sex education of parents ( β =1.11), positive attitudes towards sex education of parents ( β =1.51), communication with relatives and friends regarding sex education of parents ( β =1.94), parents having participated in sex education related activities( β =0.67) were positively associated with family child sex abuse prevention education score( P <0.05). Conclusion Family based child sexual abuse prevention education in rural areas of Luzhou is insufficient. Relevant departments need to set up personalized intervention measures according to the different conditions of families, carry out relative education activities, to improve the level of sex education of rural families and improve their awareness of self prevention.