牙买加针对幼儿的暴力流行病学
Maureen Samms-Vaughan1, Charlene Coore-Desai1, Jody-Ann Reece1
1Department of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Psychology, health & medicine
|May 22, 2024
概括
针对幼儿的暴力在牙买加很普遍,几乎所有4-5岁的孩子都经历了身体或情绪上的伤害. 这项研究强调,迫切需要采取干预措施,保护儿童免受暴力及其持久影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 对幼儿的暴力行为会产生严重的短期和长期后果.
- 针对非常年幼 (2岁以下) 儿童的暴力发生率的研究有限.
- 了解儿童早期遭受暴力的影响对于干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定牙买加针对幼儿的暴力事件的普遍性.
- 检查暴力暴露的年龄相关趋势.
- 识别儿童所经历的不同形式的暴力.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自牙买加的JA KIDS出生队列研究的数据.
- 随访父母和孩子从怀孕到4-5岁.
- 收集关于母亲在怀孕期间和儿童在多个年龄段经历的暴力的数据.
主要成果:
- 6.1%的母亲在怀孕期间经历过暴力.
- 在9-12个月的时候,43.1%的孩子被大喊大叫,30%的孩子被拍打.
- 在4-5岁时,大约90%的孩子经历了身体和情绪上的暴力,体罚是最常见的.
- 孩子们也目睹了父母间和社区暴力.
结论:
- 在牙买加,针对幼儿的暴力是普遍存在的,并且随着年龄的增长而增加.
- 需要采取干预措施,以减少儿童的受害者和暴力暴露.
- 促进非暴力纪律策略对于儿童福祉至关重要.
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