Emergency Care for Children and Adolescents after Sexual Violence, in Brazil’s Capital, Brasilia  

作　　者：Evaldo Lima Da Costa Karla Simônia de Pádua Aníbal Faúndes Rui Nunes Evaldo Lima Da Costa;Karla Simônia de Pádua;Aníbal Faúndes;Rui Nunes(Bioethics at the School of Medicine, University of Porto/Federal Council of Medicine, Porto, Portugal;Center for Research in Women’,s Reproductive Health (CEMICAMP), Center for Integral Attention to Women (CAISM), State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil;Center for Research in Women’,s Reproductive Health (CEMICAMP), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.;The Centre of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal)

机构地区：[1]Bioethics at the School of Medicine, University of Porto/Federal Council of Medicine, Porto, Portugal [2]Center for Research in Women’,s Reproductive Health (CEMICAMP), Center for Integral Attention to Women (CAISM), State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil [3]Center for Research in Women’,s Reproductive Health (CEMICAMP), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil. [4]The Centre of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

出　　处：《Open Journal of Epidemiology》2024年第2期397-403,共7页流行病学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Objective: Sexual violence affects women of all ages but, more commonly, children and adolescents. This study aimed to identify the extent to which services are being provided at the hospitals responsible for the emergency care of children and adolescents who have suffered sexual violence and to determine whether there is any difference in the provision of such services as a function of the victim’s age. Method: This cross-sectional study investigated differences in the care received by female children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence in a capital city, comparing the treatment given to girls under 15 with that given to adolescents of 15 to 19 years of age. The data were extracted from the State Department of Health database between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2016. Results: Children under 15 were much less likely to receive prophylaxis against HIV, sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis B, with the number of adolescent girls treated adequately corresponding to between twice and almost three times the number of children treated prophylactically. Only 10% of girls under 15 received emergency contraception. Conclusion: The lack of standard care established by the Ministry of Health highlights the need for urgent debates both locally and probably throughout the country, as the situation may be similar in other regions of the country.Objective: Sexual violence affects women of all ages but, more commonly, children and adolescents. This study aimed to identify the extent to which services are being provided at the hospitals responsible for the emergency care of children and adolescents who have suffered sexual violence and to determine whether there is any difference in the provision of such services as a function of the victim’s age. Method: This cross-sectional study investigated differences in the care received by female children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence in a capital city, comparing the treatment given to girls under 15 with that given to adolescents of 15 to 19 years of age. The data were extracted from the State Department of Health database between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2016. Results: Children under 15 were much less likely to receive prophylaxis against HIV, sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis B, with the number of adolescent girls treated adequately corresponding to between twice and almost three times the number of children treated prophylactically. Only 10% of girls under 15 received emergency contraception. Conclusion: The lack of standard care established by the Ministry of Health highlights the need for urgent debates both locally and probably throughout the country, as the situation may be similar in other regions of the country.

关 键 词：Aggressors CHILDREN Sexual Violence TEENAGERS 

分 类 号：R72[医药卫生—儿科]