@article{ref1,
title="Impact of social distancing on reports of violence against children and adolescents in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil",
journal="Cadernos de Saude Publica",
year="2021",
author="Stahnke, Douglas Nunes and Levandowski, Mateus Luz and Salvador-Silva, Roberta and Hohendorff, Jean Von and Munhoz, Tiago N.",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="e00140020-e00140020",
abstract="This study aimed to analyze the rates of reports of violence against children and adolescents in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from 2015 to 2020, and the  changes in trends by period due to the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This  is an ecological time series study with secondary data obtained from the Bi Saúde  Portal in the panel on Interpersonal Violence and Suicide. The study collected  reports on violence in individuals 0 to 19 years of age in the months of March and  April each year, stratified by sex, age bracket, race/color, and type of violence. Prais-Winsten regression was used to analyze the time trend. Of the 7,718 reports  analyzed, there was a drop of 54% in the year 2020 compared to the same period in  2019. The analysis of the trend until 2019 indicated an increase in the reporting  rates (2.04, 95%CI: 1.01; 3.07, p = 0.002), but with the inclusion of the year 2020  in the time series, the direction of the trends in reporting rates was reversed to  negative, losing statistical significance (-0.39, 95%CI: -1.16; 2.14, p = 0.632). The study concludes that social distancing due to the pandemic reduced the reporting  rates of violence against children and adolescents due to underreporting, thus  requiring strategies to improve the identification of suspected cases of violence  during the pandemic. This highlights the need for inter-sector planning and rapid  and specific actions (health, social protection, justice, and public security) in  order to guarantee the rights of children and adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0102-311X",
doi="10.1590/0102-311X00140020",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00140020"
}