Haidy Abouhatab, Setohom El Agamy, Amira Elseidy, Naira Girgis, Samy Badawy

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY

HOSPITALS: PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND SOCIO-

DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES

Haidy Abouhatab, Setohom El Agamy, Amira Elseidy, Naira Girgis, Samy

Badawy

KEYWORDS

Violence-Children-Abuse-Maltreatment–Sexual-Physical

Objectives: This work aimed to search for different patterns of violence

against children presenting to Menoufia University hospital as regards

socio-demographic data, type of violence and possible risk factors.

Background: In every country, girls and boys suffer every day, and

witness violence. Violence against children cuts across boundaries of

culture, class, education, income, and ethnic origin, and occurs in many

alternative settings. Violence against children includes physical, sexual,

and psychological violence.

Methods: All cases of children exposed to different patterns of violence

presenting to Menoufia University hospital asking for medico-legal report

for two years (from 1st of December 2018 to 31st of November 2020)

were included in the study. The study was conducted after approval from

the ethical committee of the faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University.

Results: The study concluded that the most reported type of child

violence is physical type, indoor, repeated, with rates being higher for

females than for males. The prevalence was higher in rural than urban

residency. The majority of the perpetrators were male, (father inside the

family and friends from outside the family), manual workers, with below

secondary education, heavy smoking. Divorced parents with large

families. The driving forces of violence against children are family

troubles, financial and immoral causes.