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Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: Child abuse has deleterious consequences on its victims. Its occurrence is poorly documented in Nigeria. OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence and pattern of physical abuse at home among children in Ilorin Nigeria. METHODS: Cross sectional survey of secondary school students aged 11-18 y...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480019/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1886 |
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author | Oladosu, A. Abiodun, O. Tunde-Ayinmode, M. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Child abuse has deleterious consequences on its victims. Its occurrence is poorly documented in Nigeria. OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence and pattern of physical abuse at home among children in Ilorin Nigeria. METHODS: Cross sectional survey of secondary school students aged 11-18 years in Ilorin Nigeria using multistage random sampling technique with proportional allocation was done. Respondents completed the ICAST-CH questionnaire which covers child abuse in its several forms. Prevalence of child abuse was computed. RESULTS: Table1: Pattern of physical abuse at home in the last 12 months [Table: see text] CONCLUSIONS: Conclusion Physical abuse of children is extremely common in Ilorin Nigeria. There are no specific demographic determinants of occurrence; hence every growing child is at risk. The prevailing cultural norms and state laws appear to be chief drivers of this phenomenon. The current findings expand the available pool of knowledge about CPA in Nigeria and calls for more research. It also supports existing calls for the abolition of corporal punishment of children. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-94800192022-09-29 Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria Oladosu, A. Abiodun, O. Tunde-Ayinmode, M. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Child abuse has deleterious consequences on its victims. Its occurrence is poorly documented in Nigeria. OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence and pattern of physical abuse at home among children in Ilorin Nigeria. METHODS: Cross sectional survey of secondary school students aged 11-18 years in Ilorin Nigeria using multistage random sampling technique with proportional allocation was done. Respondents completed the ICAST-CH questionnaire which covers child abuse in its several forms. Prevalence of child abuse was computed. RESULTS: Table1: Pattern of physical abuse at home in the last 12 months [Table: see text] CONCLUSIONS: Conclusion Physical abuse of children is extremely common in Ilorin Nigeria. There are no specific demographic determinants of occurrence; hence every growing child is at risk. The prevailing cultural norms and state laws appear to be chief drivers of this phenomenon. The current findings expand the available pool of knowledge about CPA in Nigeria and calls for more research. It also supports existing calls for the abolition of corporal punishment of children. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9480019/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1886 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Oladosu, A. Abiodun, O. Tunde-Ayinmode, M. Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title | Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title_full | Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title_short | Prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in Ilorin Nigeria |
title_sort | prevalence of physical abuse of children in their homes in ilorin nigeria |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480019/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1886 |
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