カナダにおける児童虐待:若者の有病率と性差
Britt McKinnon1, Harriet L MacMillan2, Ashley Vandermorris3,4
1Family Violence Epidemiology Section, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
まとめ
児童虐待(CM)はカナダの若者の間で蔓延しており、感情的虐待は半数近くに影響を与えています。女性とジェンダー多様な若者がより高い割合を報告するなど、性別の格差が存在し、的を絞った介入の必要性が強調されています。
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
- 児童心理学
背景:
- 児童虐待(CM)は、若者の幸福に重大なリスクをもたらします。
- 効果的な予防戦略を開発するためには、CMの有病率とパターンを理解することが不可欠です。
- カナダにおける青年期の自己申告によるCMのデータは限られています。
研究 の 目的:
- カナダの青年における児童虐待の初の自己申告による推定値を提供すること。
- 児童虐待のさまざまなタイプにおける有病率を調査すること。
- 児童虐待の経験における性別に基づく格差を調査すること。
主な方法:
- 15歳から17歳の5256人の参加者のデータを利用しました。
- 2023年のカナダ児童青少年健康調査のデータを使用しました。
- さまざまな児童虐待カテゴリーの自己申告による推定値を分析しました。
主要な成果:
- 感情的虐待(44.9%)および養育者からの親密なパートナーからの暴力への曝露(39.4%)の高い有病率が報告されました。女性は男性と比較して、性的虐待(8.1%)および感情的虐待(52.2%)の割合が高いと報告しました。非バイナリーまたは出生時の性別とは異なる性別を自認する若者は、性的虐待(22.4%)および感情的虐待(83.7%)を含む、すべてのCMタイプで最も高い有病率を報告しました。
結論:
- 児童虐待はカナダの若者の間で重大な問題であり、顕著な性差があります。
- 児童虐待における性差に基づく不平等の構造的決定要因に対処するためには、的を絞った研究と政策が必要です。
- 調査結果は、すべての性自認に対する包括的なデータ収集と支援システムの重要性を強調しています。
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