Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of violence against children in Albania
Aim Our aim was to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of violence against children in postcommunist Albania. Methods A survey was conducted in 2008 including 388 children aged 14–18 years (184 girls and 204 boys) who were users of health services in four districts of Albania: Shkod...
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Published in | Injury prevention Vol. 16; no. Suppl 1; pp. A33 - A34 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
01.09.2010
BMJ Publishing Group LTD |
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Summary: | Aim Our aim was to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of violence against children in postcommunist Albania. Methods A survey was conducted in 2008 including 388 children aged 14–18 years (184 girls and 204 boys) who were users of health services in four districts of Albania: Shkoder, Elbasan, Tirana and Vlora. A structured questionnaire was administrated including information on occurrence and type of experienced domestic violence (physical, psychological and emotional), as well as sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children and their parents. Results Forty-three per cent of the children included in the survey reported they suffered at least one type of domestic violence, mainly perpetrated by their mothers. Psychological abuse was significantly more prevalent than the other types of violence. Significant determinants of both physical abuse and psychological violence were mothers lower educational attainment, a low family income and fathers unemployment. Conclusions Our findings indicate that, in Albania, the prevalence of violence against children is high, especially so for the psychological violence. Effective programs should be implemented in order to control and prevent all types of child abuse in transitional Albania. |
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Bibliography: | local:injuryprev;16/Suppl_1/A33-d Correspondence Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Tirana, Str. Dibres No. 371 Tirana, N/A, Albania href:injuryprev-16-A33-4.pdf ArticleID:injuryprev29215.121 ark:/67375/NVC-FZNJ52PB-Z istex:7FB4E5A54F07C408D583D9FE8C3740FC2EE7933D ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1353-8047 1475-5785 |
DOI: | 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.121 |