2023, Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 110 – 120

Factors associated with child abuse among children and adolescents in a Peruvian public hospital

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Corresponding Author: Enaidy Reynosa Navarro, Professional School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, César Vallejo University, Trujillo, Peru. E-mail: ereynosa@ucv.edu.pe

Abstract

The study’s objective was to investigate the factors associated with child and adolescent abuse in the MAMIS program at Hipólito Unanue Hospital in the Tacna-Peru region during 2019–2021. The study used a quantitative, retrospective, cross-sectional, and correlational approach to analyze 174 cases of child abuse. The study found that the majority of child abuse cases involved children between the ages of 12–17 (57.4%), with a secondary level of education (51.15%), females (56.9%), and not consuming alcohol or drugs (88.5%). Prevalent household characteristics included single-parent families (48.28%), parents aged 30–59 (58.5%), divorced (37.3%), with secondary level of education (68.9%), independent occupation (64.9%), no history of parental violence (91.3%), no addiction or substance abuse issues (95.4%), and no psychiatric disorders (95.4%). The most common types of abuse were psychological (93.68%), followed by neglect or abandonment (38.51%), physical (37.93%), and sexual (27.0%). The study determined a significant relationship (95% confidence level) between socio-demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, and substance use, and specific types of child abuse.

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PMC ID: 9979187
PubMed ID: 36873115
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2022-0262

Article Publishing Date (print): 1 2023
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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