Identifying and reporting child physical abuse by professionals of the Family Health Strategy and associated factors
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https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2017.53.e09Keywords:
Child abuse, Family Health Strategy, Mandatory reportingAbstract
Aim: To evaluate the frequency of identification and report of child physical abuse (CPA) by professionals of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and associated factors in regional health clinics with different social vulnerabilities in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of dentists, nurses, family doctors and pediatricians from two districts in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The districts were selected based on the social vulnerability index (SVI). The professionals were invited to answer a self-administered questionnaire, which was developed at the University of London and adapted for use in Brazil. Descriptive and analytical analyses were performed using Pearson’s chi-square test (p <0.05).
Results: A total of 144 professionals participated: 35 (24.3%) dentists, 46 (31.9%) nurses, 45 (31.2%) family doctors, and 18 (12.5%) pediatricians. Out of this total, 86 (59.7%) professionals had already identified some case of CPA in their professional experience, but only 38 (26.4%) had reported it to the authorities. The identification and reporting were associated with the professional category (p <0.001) and professionals who had done postgraduate studies focused on children (p <0.001). The vulnerability of regional health clinics was not associated with the identification and notification of the cases from the CPA (p = 0.754).
Conclusion: The identification and reporting of CPA were associated with the professionals with training focused on the child care and the professional category, with pediatricians and the nurses representing the professionals who most identified and notified cases. The regional social vulnerability was not associated with identification and reporting.
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