TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Child and adolescent victims of sexual violence: aspects of physical and emotional development
JO  - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
A1  - Conceição, Marimeire Morais da
A1  - Whitaker, Maria Carolina Ortiz
A1  - Grimaldi, Monaliza Ribeiro Mariano
A1  - Silva, Luana Lima Pereira da
A1  - Silva, Lucinéia Santos da
A1  - Oliveira, Márcia Maria Carneiro
A1  - Camargo, Climene Laura de
SP  - e20200584
EP  - e20200584
VL  - 75
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to identify the multidisciplinary health team's perception on aspects of the physical and emotional development of children and adolescents who have suffered sexual violence. <br><br>METHODS: a qualitative study, carried out with 30 health professionals in a hospital in Bahia, Brazil, between June and July 2019. Data were collected from an interview guided by a semi-structured questionnaire. The results were interpreted according to Symbolic Interactionism. <br><br>RESULTS: some sexually violated children were under five years old and healthy, others had physical/mental disabilities. Victimized adolescents were in the pre-pubertal phase, with fragile body structure, not emotionally mature and unaware of sexuality. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: children's physical and emotional aspects make children vulnerable to sexual victimization, as they facilitate the control and dominion that offenders need to have over them. As a protection strategy, it is recommended using sexual and health education linked to greater surveillance of family members, multidisciplinary team and educators.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0034-7167
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0584
ID  - ref1
ER  -