Citation

Assis SG, Souza ER. J. Pediatr. (SBP) 1995; 71(6): 303-312.

Vernacular Title

Morbidade por violencia em criancas e adolescentes do municipio do Rio de

Affiliation

Departamento de Epidemiologia e M

Comment In:

J Pediatr (Rio J). 1995 Nov-Dec;71(6):294-6

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14688979

Abstract

An analysis of police records was carried out in the Programatic Areas (Aps) of the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1990. 8000 non-fatal records were investigated, covering children and adolescents from 0 to 19 years old. These violent events were categorized as traffic accidents, physical abuse, robbery/theft and attempt of robbery/theft, sexual abuse, extortion/sequestration, threat, neglect-abandon,drugs use/traffic, and attempt of suicide/homicide. The aim of this paper is to identify the most frequent type of violence in the different Aps. According to the findings, traffic accidents, physical abuse and robbery/theft are the most common violent events affecting, especially boys in 10-19 age group. The APs 1 and 3.3 show the highest rates. The article concludes with difficulties and possibilities of dealing with violence in the health field, especially in the professional training.

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