Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

Rates of violence against children are high in Sub-Saharan Africa and information is scarce on the resulting injuries. This study investigates sex-related differences in the circumstances and consequences of sexual and physical violence in the Mozambican context. Hospital records from 2019 at the pe...

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Autores principales:	Sérgio Keita Nhassengo, Stela Ocuane Matsinhe, Eunice Jethá, Lucie Laflamme
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	child abuse and neglect violence-related injury sexual violence physical violence Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3dcb5773dadc427f8ac7d62952a2dd1f2021-11-25T17:51:20ZCircumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique10.3390/ijerph1822121251660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/3dcb5773dadc427f8ac7d62952a2dd1f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12125https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Rates of violence against children are high in Sub-Saharan Africa and information is scarce on the resulting injuries. This study investigates sex-related differences in the circumstances and consequences of sexual and physical violence in the Mozambican context. Hospital records from 2019 at the pediatric emergency and forensic medicine units of Maputo Central Hospital were scrutinized using a standardized form. Of the 321 cases identified, 60% resulted from sexual violence. Girls represented 86.4% of the victims of sexual violence and boys, 66.1% of those from physical violence. Being injured in a familiar environment and by a parent, a relative, or someone known was strikingly common. The injury pattern varied by form of violence and sex of the child. About half of the injuries sustained by physical violence were minor/superficial. Severe injuries requiring hospitalization (33% in total) and some specialized care (27% in total) were mainly sustained by girl victims of sexual violence. While circumstances and consequences of violence-related injuries have several similarities, being severely injured is more typical of girl victims of sexual violence. Besides medical care, hospital services in Mozambique must be prepared to offer pediatric victims of violence the necessary social care.Sérgio Keita NhassengoStela Ocuane MatsinheEunice JetháLucie LaflammeMDPI AGarticlechild abuse and neglectviolence-related injurysexual violencephysical violenceMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12125, p 12125 (2021)
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spellingShingle	child abuse and neglect violence-related injury sexual violence physical violence Medicine R Sérgio Keita Nhassengo Stela Ocuane Matsinhe Eunice Jethá Lucie Laflamme Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
description	Rates of violence against children are high in Sub-Saharan Africa and information is scarce on the resulting injuries. This study investigates sex-related differences in the circumstances and consequences of sexual and physical violence in the Mozambican context. Hospital records from 2019 at the pediatric emergency and forensic medicine units of Maputo Central Hospital were scrutinized using a standardized form. Of the 321 cases identified, 60% resulted from sexual violence. Girls represented 86.4% of the victims of sexual violence and boys, 66.1% of those from physical violence. Being injured in a familiar environment and by a parent, a relative, or someone known was strikingly common. The injury pattern varied by form of violence and sex of the child. About half of the injuries sustained by physical violence were minor/superficial. Severe injuries requiring hospitalization (33% in total) and some specialized care (27% in total) were mainly sustained by girl victims of sexual violence. While circumstances and consequences of violence-related injuries have several similarities, being severely injured is more typical of girl victims of sexual violence. Besides medical care, hospital services in Mozambique must be prepared to offer pediatric victims of violence the necessary social care.
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author	Sérgio Keita Nhassengo Stela Ocuane Matsinhe Eunice Jethá Lucie Laflamme
author_facet	Sérgio Keita Nhassengo Stela Ocuane Matsinhe Eunice Jethá Lucie Laflamme
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title	Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
title_short	Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
title_full	Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
title_fullStr	Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed	Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
title_sort	circumstances and consequences of violence-related injuries presenting at hospital. a study at the pediatric emergency and forensic medicine units of maputo central hospital, mozambique
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3dcb5773dadc427f8ac7d62952a2dd1f
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Circumstances and Consequences of Violence-Related Injuries Presenting at Hospital. A Study at the Pediatric Emergency and Forensic Medicine Units of Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

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