Citation

Silva SM, Andrade ACS, Melanda FN, Oliveira LR. Cien. Saude Colet. 2024; 29(7): e02912024.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

10.1590/1413-81232024297.02912024

PMID

38958315

Abstract

This study examined factors associated with the recurrence of interpersonal violence against children and adolescents in Mato Grosso state, considering cases recorded in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, from 2013 to 2019. Associations between variables were estimated by logistic regression and stratified by age group (children and adolescents). The frequency of recurrent violence against children was 49.0% and, against adolescents, 42.9%. For both, recurrent violence was positively associated with occurrence at home, psychological or emotional violence, aggressors' being more than two, their being relatives and threats being the means of aggression. Neglect or abandonment and male or both-sex aggressors were positively associated with recurrent violence against children. Against adolescents, poor education, sexual violence and intimate-partner aggressors were positively associated with recurrent violence, while other aggressors and firearms or physical force were negatively associated. The findings offer significant contributions to knowledge of factors associated with recurrent violence, which is still little studied in the national and international literature. This is essential in order to inform strategies to reduce the recurrence of violence and protect children and adolescents.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Risk Factors; Child; Child, Preschool; Infant; Female; Male; Adolescent; Brazil/epidemiology; Aggression/psychology; Violence/statistics & numerical data; *Recurrence; Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data; Intimate Partner Violence/statistics & numerical data