Interventions in family violence involving children and adolescents.

1994 ◽  
pp. 405-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva L. Feindler ◽  
Judith V. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Violence

scholarly journals Family violence against children in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic: a review of current perspectives and risk factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noemí Pereda ◽  
Diego A. Díaz-Faes
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
The People ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
The Social ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Criminological Theories ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The situation of crisis produced by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses major challenges to societies all over the world. While efforts to contain the virus are vital to protect global health, these same efforts are exposing children and adolescents to an increased risk of family violence. Various criminological theories explain the causes of this new danger. The social isolation required by the measures taken in the different countries, the impact on jobs, the economic instability, high levels of tension and fear of the virus, and new forms of relationships have all increased levels of stress in the most vulnerable families and, therefore, the risk of violence. In addition, mandatory lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the disease have trapped children in their homes, isolating them from the people and the resources that could help them. In general, the restrictive measures imposed in many countries have not been accompanied by an analysis of the access to the resources needed to reduce this risk. It is necessary to take urgent measures to intervene in these high-risk contexts so that children and adolescents can develop and prosper in a society which is likely to undergo profound changes, but in which the defense of their rights and protection must remain a major priority.

scholarly journals Family violence against children and adolescents in context: How the territories of care are imbricated in the picture

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diene Monique Carlos ◽  
Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Family ◽  
Strategic Type

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the context of care addressed to the families involved in family violence against children and adolescents (IVCA), as produced in the context of the Primary Health Care (PHC), from the vantage point of the practitioners of a municipality in the State of Sao Paulo. Methods: qualitative research of the social-strategic type, based on the Complexity Paradigm. The participants were 41 health practitioners in five health units of the municipality under study, pertaining to the five districts of the municipality. Data collection was done through 5 focus groups and 10 semi-structured interviews from April 24th 2013 to December 12th 2013. Data analysis was oriented by the comprehension and contextualization mindset and based on the dialogic, recursive and hologramatic principles. Results: two main issues regarding the care provided by the Health of the Family team were identified: the context of this violence (the domestic space) and the power relations that prevail in the territory where this violence surfaces. The community health workers are the targets of specific attention because they experience the live/work dialogic in this same area. Conclusion: paying attention to the territory, and considering the complexity of contexts and dimensions is inherently linked to the design of care to families involved in IVCA in the PHC environment.

scholarly journals Organization of professional practices against intrafamily violence against children and adolescents in the institutional context

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Schek ◽  
Mara Regina Santos da Silva ◽  
Carl Lacharité ◽  
Maria Emília Nunes Bueno
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Intra Family ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze based on the practitioners' discourse, the way they organize their practices confronting situations of intra-family violence against children and adolescents. Method: qualitative research carried out with 15 professionals who work in social and health services located in the southernmost of Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, performed at the participants' workplace. We used a theoretical matrix to analyze the data, based on Institutional Ethnography and the technique of discursive textual analysis. Results: the practitioners' practices developed in situations of intra-family violence against children and adolescents are organized on the basis of: power relations that take place in services that respond to violence situations; routines instituted to meet the demands of care in services; and the interplay between the conception of violence as a public health problem and the conception of violence as a social problem. Conclusion: the way these practices are organized is reflected in actions that are not protective against situations of intra-family violence against children and adolescents.

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