scholarly journals Domestic Violence Against Children and Adolescents: Prevalence of Physical Injuries in a Southern Brazilian Metropolis

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leidielly Aline Valente ◽  
Mariana Dalledone ◽  
Eduardo Pizzatto ◽  
Wellington Zaiter ◽  
Juliana Feltrin de Souza ◽  
...  

Violence against children and adolescents is a public health issue worldwide that threatens physical and mental wellbeing and causes irreparable harm. Reports on this violence are an essential way to prevent it and to protect the children and adolescents. Thus, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of physical injuries that occur in domestic environments and reported to the Child and Adolescent Protection Network. This retrospective study was conducted at the Epidemiology Center of the Municipality of Curitiba. A total of 10,483 reports for the years 2010 (5,112) and 2011 (5,371) were analyzed and from them were selected reports of physical injuries that occurred in the family environment. The children and adolescents were 0-17 years old, comprising 322 cases of physical abuse within the family in 2010. Out of these, 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female, and 58% (187) presented head and neck injuries. There were 342 reports in 2011, 49% were male and 51% were female; head and neck injuries corresponded to 65% (222) of the reported cases. The prevalence of injuries increased by 6% and head and neck injury increased by 19% between 2010 and 2011. It may be concluded that physical abuse is associated with a high prevalence of head and neck injury, which is easily observed by the health and education professionals. Notification organs should be created in Brazilian hospitals and health centers, which is essential to conduct epidemiological surveillance and appropriate policies.

FACE ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 273250162110342
Author(s):  
Megan J. Natali ◽  
Madeleine K. Bruce ◽  
Miles J. Pfaff ◽  
Jesse A. Goldstein

Head and neck injury as a consequence of in utero pressure and birth trauma is a rare event. We report a case of a patient who was born full-term via vaginal delivery and presented soon after birth with skin changes over the nasal tip consistent with a pressure-related injury that progressed to a stable eschar. Conservative management with close clinical monitoring resulted in a well-healed wound over the nasal tip. A detailed discussion regarding the diagnosis and management of head and neck lesions after birth is provided.


BMJ ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 337 (dec17 2) ◽  
pp. a2825-a2825 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Patton ◽  
A. McIntosh

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand Balu Nellippallil ◽  
Parker R. Berthelson ◽  
Luke Peterson ◽  
Raj Prabhu

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. McIntosh ◽  
D. Kallieris ◽  
R. Mattern ◽  
E. Miltner

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Torg ◽  
Theodore C. Quedenfeld ◽  
Albert Burstein ◽  
Alan Spealman ◽  
Claude Nichols

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 779-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Schek ◽  
Mara Regina Santos da Silva ◽  
Carl Lacharité ◽  
Maria Emilia Nunes Bueno

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the conceptions of professionals regarding interfamily violence against children and adolescents. METHOD A qualitative study conducted with 15 professionals who had taken children and adolescents under their care as a result of interfamily violence. Data were collected between November, 2013, and March, 2015, through semi-structured interviews. Data were organized and analyzed using the Textual Discourse Analysis technique. RESULTS The professional discourse highlighted that some legal aspects regarding the handling of interfamily violence against children and adolescents are neglected; an omission supported by the justification of professionals to preserve the family. We highlight the confrontation between the concept of family as a caregiver and the family that commits violence against children, in addition to the positioning of professionals, which does not include the family or the aggressor in the intervention process in facing situations of interfamily violence attended to by the services. CONCLUSION Acting against interfamily violence requires professionals to do away with some pre-established concepts in ordee to put the actual needs of victims and families into evidence.


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