Characterization of maltreated children and adolescents taken into a paediatric emergency health care service in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Arcelina Maria da
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Vieira, Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/reeusp/article/view/41187
• topic: Criança maltratada; Criança; Adolescente; Enfermagem; Violência doméstica; Battered child syndrome; Child; Adolescent; Nursing; Domestic violence

This study aimed to characterise the profile of the child and the adolescent who were maltreated and taken into paediatric emergency care in a hospital, in Fortaleza, Ceará. It was used a documented retrospective evaluation. The results showed that the children in the age group of 1-5 years were the most victimised as well as the children of the male sex. The main perpetrator was a biological father and the most frequent kind of violence were hematomas, sexual abuse and wounds by slashing objects. In conclusion, this subject needs to be more investigated for providing changes within the' environment where a child, adolescent and families were inserted.