Marilurdes Silva Farias1, Cesário da Silva Souza2, Estela Cristina Carneseca3, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos4, Elisabeth Meloni Vieira4. 1. Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil. 2. Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil. 3. ProEstat - Consultoria Estatística, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil. 4. Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Medicina Social, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to describe the cases of violence against children reported in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using data provided by the Violence and Accidents Surveillance System (VIVA), of the Municipal Health Department of Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, from 2006 to 2008. RESULTS: a total of 498 cases of violence against children (0-9 years old) were reported in the period, with an increase in the number of notifications, from 112 in 2006 to 197 in 2008; 79.3% of the notifications came from the Health area; and most children were female (56.4%), aged between two and five years old (over 60%); most aggressors were male (53.6%) and the father figure stood out (22.7%); physical aggressions were the most frequent (59.2%) and the most frequent place of the occurrence was the family household (75.5%). CONCLUSION: most victims were female, abused by men, mostly fathers and other family members, at the family household.
OBJECTIVE: to describe the cases of violence against children reported in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using data provided by the Violence and Accidents Surveillance System (VIVA), of the Municipal Health Department of Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, from 2006 to 2008. RESULTS: a total of 498 cases of violence against children (0-9 years old) were reported in the period, with an increase in the number of notifications, from 112 in 2006 to 197 in 2008; 79.3% of the notifications came from the Health area; and most children were female (56.4%), aged between two and five years old (over 60%); most aggressors were male (53.6%) and the father figure stood out (22.7%); physical aggressions were the most frequent (59.2%) and the most frequent place of the occurrence was the family household (75.5%). CONCLUSION: most victims were female, abused by men, mostly fathers and other family members, at the family household.
Authors: Márcia Regina de Oliveira Pedroso; Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-08-10 Impact factor: 4.614