Citation

Davoli A, Palhares FA, Corrêa-Filho HR, Dias AL, Antunes AB, Serpa JF, Schincariol P. Cad. Saude Publica 1994; 10(1): 92-98.

Vernacular Title

Prevalência de violência física relatada contra crianças em uma população de ambulatório pediátrico.

Affiliation

Departamento de Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15094922

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was carried out to estimate prevalence of child abuse with battering among patients under age 14 for alleged disciplinary purposes. The reference population were children attending pediatric out-patient services at the University Hospital in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, a city of one million inhabitants with universal coverage in terms of accessing health care in the unit under study. Interviews were carried out with 130 parents or guardians in a randomly selected group according to order of attendance, and the prevalence of child abuse was estimated at 10.8%, considering as positive cases those where parents referred child battering under age one year or where there was evidence of bodily lesion over age one year. A validation study for the experimental questionnaire is proposed in order to allow for future estimation of population prevalence or incidence. The use of qualitative methods is also recommended as a means of gathering detailed data on socio-psychological determination for the supposedly disciplinary aggression with child abuse.

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