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- Title
Crianças e adolescentes vítimas de violência sexual: aspectos do desenvolvimento físico e emocional.
- Authors
Morais da Conceição, Marimeire; Ortiz Whitaker, Maria Carolina; Ribeiro Mariano Grimaldi, Monaliza; Lima Pereira da Silva, Luana; Santos da Silva, Lucinéia; Carneiro Oliveira, Márcia Maria; de Camargo, Climene Laura
- Abstract
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. 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. 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.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CHILD sexual abuse; CHILD development; ATTITUDES of medical personnel; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; CHILDREN with disabilities; VICTIM psychology; QUALITATIVE research; HEALTH care teams; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022, Vol 75, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0584pt