TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Characteristics of the notification of violence against children in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
JO  - Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil
A1  - Farias, Marilurdes Silva
A1  - Souza, Cesário da Silva
A1  - Carneseca, Estela Cristina
A1  - Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa
A1  - Vieira, Elisabeth Meloni
SP  - 799
EP  - 806
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - pt
SN  - 1679-4974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000400013
ID  - ref1
ER  -