[Characteristics of the notification of violence against children in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil]. / Caracterização das notificações de violência em crianças no município de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, no período 2006-2008.
Epidemiol Serv Saude
; 25(4): 799-806, 2016.
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| ID: mdl-27869973
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.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Maltrato a los Niños
Tipo de estudio:
Screening_studies
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Epidemiol Serv Saude
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil