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Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES: To describe the family profile of child abuse and neglect (CAN) subjects in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively between July 2009 and December 2013 from patients’ files, which were obtained from the Child Protection Centre (CPC) based in King Abdulaziz Medical City...

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Autores principales: Almuneef, Maha A., Alghamdi, Linah A., Saleheen, Hassan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27464866
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14654
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author Almuneef, Maha A.
Alghamdi, Linah A.
Saleheen, Hassan N.
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description OBJECTIVES: To describe the family profile of child abuse and neglect (CAN) subjects in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively between July 2009 and December 2013 from patients’ files, which were obtained from the Child Protection Centre (CPC) based in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four main sets of variables were examined: demographics of victim, family profile, parental information, and information on perpetrator and forms of abuse. RESULTS: The charts of 220 CAN cases were retrospectively reviewed. Physical abuse was the most common form of abuse (42%), followed by neglect (39%), sexual abuse (14%), and emotional abuse (4%). Children with unemployed fathers were 2.8 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Children living in single/step-parent households were 4 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Regarding neglect children living in larger households (≥6) were 1.5 times as likely to be neglected by their parents as were children living in smaller households (<6). Regarding sexual abuse, male children were 2.9 times as likely to be abused as were female children. CONCLUSIONS: The recent acknowledgment of CAN as a public health problem in Saudi Arabia suggests that time will be needed to employ effective and culturally sensitive prevention strategies based on family risk factors.
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spelling pubmed-50187062016-09-19 Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Almuneef, Maha A. Alghamdi, Linah A. Saleheen, Hassan N. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To describe the family profile of child abuse and neglect (CAN) subjects in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively between July 2009 and December 2013 from patients’ files, which were obtained from the Child Protection Centre (CPC) based in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four main sets of variables were examined: demographics of victim, family profile, parental information, and information on perpetrator and forms of abuse. RESULTS: The charts of 220 CAN cases were retrospectively reviewed. Physical abuse was the most common form of abuse (42%), followed by neglect (39%), sexual abuse (14%), and emotional abuse (4%). Children with unemployed fathers were 2.8 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Children living in single/step-parent households were 4 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Regarding neglect children living in larger households (≥6) were 1.5 times as likely to be neglected by their parents as were children living in smaller households (<6). Regarding sexual abuse, male children were 2.9 times as likely to be abused as were female children. CONCLUSIONS: The recent acknowledgment of CAN as a public health problem in Saudi Arabia suggests that time will be needed to employ effective and culturally sensitive prevention strategies based on family risk factors. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5018706/ /pubmed/27464866 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14654 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27464866
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.8.14654
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