Prevalence and factors associated with experience of intrafamilial violence by teenagers in school

• Autor(a) principal: Mota,Rosana Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Gomes,Nadirlene Pereira, Estrela,Fernanda Matheus, Silva,Melissa Almeida, Santana,Jéssica Damasceno de, Campos,Luana Moura, Cordeiro,Kátia Cordélia Cunha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018000301022
• topic: Teenager; Domestic Violence; Drug Users; School Health; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate prevalence of intrafamilial violence experience and its association with sociodemographic, sexual and use of alcohol/drugs variables in teenagers of a public school in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Method: Cross-sectional study with 239 teenagers. Data were collected through structured instrument, analyzed according to descriptive and inferential statistics, with multiple logistic regression. Results: Research pointed out a high prevalence of intrafamilial violence among teenagers (60.67%). Experience of this grievance was associated, with statistical significance, with the variables: higher age range (PR = 1.83 and 95%CI: 1.05 - 3.18) and regular use of condom (PR = 1.81 and 95%CI: 1.06 - 3.08). Violence was also associated with consumption of alcohol and marijuana. Conclusion: Regular use of condom and consumption of alcohol and/or marijuana represent risk behaviors to the experience of intrafamilial violence by teenagers in school, especially older than 15 years old.