ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2014
Prevalence and pattern of child abuse and associated factors in four secondary institutions in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria.
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- Silent screams: Listening to and making meaning from the voices of abused children.Child: care, health and development · 2022Article
- Magnitude of child sexual abuse and its associated factors among high school female students in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Trends in trauma-related mortality among adolescents: A 6 year snapshot from a teaching hospital's post mortem data.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2017Article
- Overcrowding as a risk factor for domestic violence and antisocial behaviour among adolescents in Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2016Article
- Maltreatment and Mental Health Outcomes among Ultra-Poor Children in Burkina Faso: A Latent Class Analysis.PloS one · 2016Article
- Childhood sexual abuse experiences and its associated factors among adolescent female high school students in Arbaminch town, Gammo Goffa zone, Southern Ethiopia: a mixed method study.BMC international health and human rights · 2015Article
- Child sexual abuse among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: A concealed public health behavioral issue.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
unlabelledIn our society, child abuse is most often not recognized. In addition, little attention is focused on child abuse due to the menace of severe acute malnutrition and infections, which are the major pediatric problems in our setting. There is need therefore for public awareness of the existence of the various forms of child abuse in the society. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence, pattern, socioeconomic implication, and factors associated with child abuse among secondary school students attending four secondary schools in Enugu. This is a prospective study where cases of child abuse were investigated using a convenience sampling of students attending four secondary schools in Enugu. A total of 372 subjects participated in the study comprising 192 (51.6 %) females and 180 (48.4 %) males (χ (2) = 7.74, p = 0.38). Their median age was 15.0 (12-18) years. One hundred and sixty-six of 370 (44.8 %) made up of 85 (51.2 %) females and 81 (48.8 %) males reported that they had been hit repeatedly with an implement, showing no significant difference in the gender of respondents physically abused. Thirty-eight (10.2 %) respondents admitted that they have been forced or persuaded to have sexual experience against their wish as teenagers. A total of 58/346 (16.8 %) respondents admitted that they have been abused emotionally in one way or the other by either birth parents or other relatives who brought them up.
conclusionsChild abuse is a notable problem among secondary school students and adolescents, though this is highly underreported as seen in this study.
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