LESIONS CAUSED BY BURNS: A REFLEX OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Authors

  • Climene Laura de Camargo
  • Angela Lofiego Sampaio
  • Edleide de Almeida Xavier
  • Lidiane Tereza dos Santos e Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39694

Keywords:

violence, children and adolescents, burns, prevention.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate possible violent acts suffered by children and adolescents through lesions caused by burns. In order to do so, children and adolescents ranging from 0 to 19
years old who were hospitalised in a unit for burned people at hospital HGE - state of Bahia - in the period between Dec. 2001 and Feb. 2002 constituted the target population. Data collection
was carried out by means of structured interviews with victims and their guardians, forms containing data collected from the patients’ files, and the observation of the relationship between
victim and guardian. The analysis of the quantitative data was done using the EXCEL computer program and the qualitative data were analysed through the content analysis technique. The
comparison of the data about burns with possible violent acts revealed 11 5% of physical violence, 48.0% of negligence, followed by 40.4% of accidents. The conclusion of this piece of research is that health professionals should be trained with the aim of identifying the lesions that reveal violent acts. This study offers subsidies for violence prevention programs, and it can be considered a source of reference for studies on this topic.

Author Biographies

  • Climene Laura de Camargo
    Profa. Dra. Enf. em Saúde Pública da Universidade Federal da Bahia.
  • Angela Lofiego Sampaio
    Prof. Mestre da Universidade Estadual da Bahia.
  • Edleide de Almeida Xavier
    Estud. de Enf. da Universidade Federal da Bahia - Bolsista Pibic.
  • Lidiane Tereza dos Santos e Santos
    Estud. de Enf. da Universidade Federal da Bahia.

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Published

2002-12-19

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2002)

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