@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of the notification of violence against children in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2016",
author="Farias, Marilurdes Silva and Souza, Cesário da Silva and Carneseca, Estela Cristina and Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa and Vieira, Elisabeth Meloni",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="799-806",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: to describe the cases of violence against children reported in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. <br><br>METHODS:: this was a descriptive study using data provided by the Violence and Accidents Surveillance System (VIVA), of the Municipal Health Department of Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, from 2006 to 2008. <br><br>RESULTS:: a total of 498 cases of violence against children (0-9 years old) were reported in the period, with an increase in the number of notifications, from 112 in 2006 to 197 in 2008; 79.3% of the notifications came from the Health area; and most children were female (56.4%), aged between two and five years old (over 60%); most aggressors were male (53.6%) and the father figure stood out (22.7%); physical aggressions were the most frequent (59.2%) and the most frequent place of the occurrence was the family household (75.5%). <br><br>CONCLUSION:: most victims were female, abused by men, mostly fathers and other family members, at the family household.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/S1679-49742016000400013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000400013"
}