TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Morbidity due to violence against children and adolescents in Rio De Janeiro
JO  - Jornal de Pediatria
A1  - Assis, Simone G.
A1  - Souza, Edinilsa Ramos de
SP  - 303
EP  - 312
VL  - 71
IS  - 6
N2  - An analysis of police records was carried out in the Programatic Areas (Aps) of the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1990. 8000 non-fatal records were investigated, covering children and adolescents from 0 to 19 years old. These violent events were categorized as traffic accidents, physical abuse, robbery/theft and attempt of robbery/theft, sexual abuse, extortion/sequestration, threat, neglect-abandon,drugs use/traffic, and attempt of suicide/homicide. The aim of this paper is to identify the most frequent type of violence in the different Aps. According to the findings, traffic accidents, physical abuse and robbery/theft are the most common violent events affecting, especially boys in 10-19 age group. The APs 1 and 3.3 show the highest rates. The article concludes with difficulties and possibilities of dealing with violence in the health field, especially in the professional training.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0021-7557
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -