Citation

McClelland A, Polume H. P. N. G. Med. J. 1990; 33(3): 203-206.

Affiliation

Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Medical Society of Papua New Guinea)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2080670

Abstract

Over a one-year period in the Children's Outpatient Department of Port Moresby General Hospital 23 cases of child sexual abuse were diagnosed. 20 (87%) were female. The perpetrator was known to be a male relative or acquaintance in 14 (61%) cases. The patients presented either with a history or overt signs of sexual abuse. With increasing awareness of child sexual abuse as a significant problem in paediatrics there will be an increase in the frequency of diagnosis of this condition in Papua New Guinea.

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