Estudo de violência sexual em crianças e adolescentes em Joinville, SC

Abstract

Sexual violence against children and adolescents is a serious public health problem. Objective: to know the characteristics of the offense of sexual violence against children and adolescents in the city of Joinville in 2019. Method: observational, analytical and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach carried out with secondary data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Service, Instituto Médico Legal and reported by the Police Station Police Officer for Children, Adolescents, Women and Elderly of victims of sexual violence between 0 and 18 years old. The dependent variable was age group. The Chi-Square and Fisher's Exact test were performed for data analysis. Results: 606 children/adolescents were reported by the three study institutions. There was a prevalence in females between 10 and 14 years old. Rape was the most common type of sexual violence. There was an association between age-related hymenal rupture. And association between place of occurrence of sexual violence and age group, with the victim's residence being the place of greatest proportion. There was an association between the variable age of the suspect/offender with the age of children and adolescents (p=0.01), with a higher prevalence of male aggressors between 25 and 59 years old, with the father being the main one. Conclusions: this study made it possible to identify the characteristics of children and adolescents victims of sexual abuse. It also pointed to the need to better fill in the individual notification form of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, which provides quality information for the implementation of programs for the prevention of sexual violence among children and adolescents.