TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Prevalence of reported child abuse by parents in a pediatric out-patient population
JO  - Cadernos de Saude Publica
A1  - Davoli, A.
A1  - Palhares, F. A.
A1  - Corrêa-Filho, H. R.
A1  - Dias, A. L.
A1  - Antunes, A. B.
A1  - Serpa, J. F.
A1  - Schincariol, P.
SP  - 92
EP  - 98
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0102-311X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -