Children sexual abuse: Profile of 8 years of notifications in a pediatric hospital in Florianópolis – SC - Brazil

The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of child sexual abuse, as the victim profile, the perpetrators and associated factors notified in a reference health service with the databases of the Information... [ view full abstract ]

The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of child sexual abuse, as the victim profile, the perpetrators and associated factors notified in a reference health service with the databases of the Information System for Reporting Diseases, in a city of southern Brazil. Categorical variables are presented in prevalence and 95% confidence intervals. There were 489 notifications from 2008 to 2014 of child sexual abuse confirmed or suspected, which the majority were related to female victims, but the repeated abuse was reported mainly with male victims. The abuse occurred at home in 81,6% of cases and the main perpetrators of the abuse were male and victim acquaintances. Twelve victims have contracted sexually transmitted infections, pregnancies were 6, 5 of them interrupted legally. This study highlights the CSA profile are similar in almost Brazilian regions, showing that it’s possible having a national preventing program.