Child Maltreatment In Sri Lanka: an Iceberg Phenomenon?

Ranasinghe, Opata R.J.C.; Wickramasinghe, S C

doi:10.4038/amj.v10i1.7604

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“…Esto puede deberse a que entre cada momento temporal únicamente transcurrieron seis meses. Por tanto, este estudio pone de mani"esto la relevancia de la atención e intervención continuada y a largo plazo para incentivar la mejora de los resultados y la disminución del riesgo en NNA (Ranasinghe & Wickramasinghe, 2016).…”

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Evolución del riesgo y protección en la infancia y la adolescencia

Tomás,

Fernández,

Navarro-Pérez

et al. 2023

Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv

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(analítico)Los factores de riesgo y protección pueden ser utilizados para evaluar, prevenir e intervenir en el maltrato infantil. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar longitudinalmente el riesgo en la infancia y la adolescencia, para determinar qué factores pueden ser empleados como indicadores de evolución. Se empleó una muestra de 102 niños, niñas y adolescentes que participaban en el sistema de bienestar infantil español, en tres momentos temporales. Los resultados indicaron que existe una evolución del riesgo, con una tendencia general de disminución de riesgos e incremento de elementos protectores. Nuestros hallazgos identificaron la existencia de factores dinámicos y estáticos. Este estudio pone de manifiesto la relevancia de la atención e intervención continuada y a largo plazo para fortalecer los factores de protección y disminuir los de riesgo en niños, niñas y adolescentes. Palabras clave: Maltrato infantil; adolescencia; bienestar de la infancia; factores de riesgo; factores de protección. Tesauro de Ciencias Sociales de la Unesco.

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Evolución del riesgo y protección en la infancia y la adolescencia

Tomás,

Fernández,

Navarro-Pérez

et al. 2023

Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv

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“…Many child maltreatment cases in Sri Lanka are unreported [ 1 ]. Child victims are not properly identified and even identified ones are released without appropriate therapies.…”

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“…Child victims are not properly identified and even identified ones are released without appropriate therapies. This may lead the victim to become a perpetrator in the future [ 1 ]. Child abuse cannot be restricted only to physically visible signs such as bruises, wounds.…”

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Effectiveness of a health promotion intervention to address determinants of child neglect in a disadvantaged community in Sri Lanka

Rathnayake

Weliange

Guruge

2021

J Health Popul Nutr

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Background Child neglect is a form of child maltreatment and it is a neglected area of research. As similar to other forms of maltreatment, neglect also results in negative health outcomes for children. Child neglect is concentrated in disadvantaged communities. The community-centered health promotion approach empowers communities to identify and address determinants of perceived health issues. This study aimed to implement a health promotion intervention to enable a disadvantaged community to address determinants of child neglect and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Methods A quasi-experimental study design was used. Two disadvantaged communities in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka with similar socio-demographic characteristics were purposively selected as the experimental and control study settings. The mothers who have at least one child in the age range 5–18 years were included in the sample. The sample included 42 mothers from the experimental group and 44 mothers from the control group. The elder children of mothers in the experimental group were selected to be the agents of change. A health promotion intervention was implemented only with the experimental setting. The steps of the intervention included; (1) identifying prevention of child neglect as a goal, (2) understanding the determinants, (3) analyzing determinants and identifying actions and (4) implementing and modifying the actions. The total study duration was 1 year, with the intervention taking an average of 6 months. Data were collected at both pre and post-intervention phases from mothers and children through interviewer-administered questionnaires. Results Mothers of the experimental group improved their knowledge on child neglect significantly in comparison to the control group (p < 0.05). In the post-intervention phase, there were significant differences in attitudes related to child neglect between experimental and control groups (p < 0.05). Following the health promotion intervention, mothers of the experimental group had significantly improved their practices related to the safety, education, nutrition of children, relationships with the child and social support for child caring (p < 0.05) when compared with the control group. Conclusions The health promotion intervention was effective in addressing the selected determinants of child neglect in a disadvantaged community. Children could act as active agents of change to deliver the interventions to their mothers (perpetrators).

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Child Maltreatment In Sri Lanka: an Iceberg Phenomenon?

Cited by 2 publications

References 10 publications

Evolución del riesgo y protección en la infancia y la adolescencia

Evolución del riesgo y protección en la infancia y la adolescencia

Effectiveness of a health promotion intervention to address determinants of child neglect in a disadvantaged community in Sri Lanka

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