Citation

Haffejee IE. S. Afr. Med. J. 1985; 68(6): 412-414.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, South African Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4035515

Abstract

This first prospective study of child abuse among Indian children in the RSA reports 44 cases seen at the R.K. Khan Hospital in Chatsworth, Durban, over a 3 1/2-year period. Over a third of the patients were under 6 years of age. Most of the injuries were minor bruises involving the face, head and lumbar region, while there were 8 cases of sexual abuse. The victim's father was the abuser in 36,3% of cases, followed by the mother in 20,5%. The main environmental risk factors were marital discord, divorce, extramarital affairs, wife-battering, unemployment, receipt of disability or other grants, poor living conditions, and drug and/or alcohol abuse.

Language: en