Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorAlmuneef, M. A., Alghamdi, L. A., & Saleheen, H. N.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-10T18:08:18Z
dc.date.available2021-08-10T18:08:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To describe the family profile of child abuse and neglect (CAN) subjects in Saudi Arabia. Methods: Data were collected retrospectively between July 2009 and December 2013 from patients’ files, which were obtained from the Child Protection Centre (CPC) based in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four main sets of variables were examined: demographics of victim, family profile, parental information, and information on perpetrator and forms of abuse. Results: The charts of 220 CAN cases were retrospectively reviewed. Physical abuse was the most common form of abuse (42%), followed by neglect (39%), sexual abuse (14%), and emotional abuse (4%). Children with unemployed fathers were 2.8 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Children living in single/step-parent households were 4 times as likely to experience physical abuse. Regarding neglect children living in larger households (≥6) were 1.5 times as likely to be neglected by their parents as were children living in smaller households (<6). Regarding sexual abuse, male children were 2.9 times as likely to be abused as were female children. Conclusions: The recent acknowledgment of CAN as a public health problem in Saudi Arabia suggests that time will be needed to employ effective and culturally sensitive prevention strategies based on family risk factors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlmuneef, M. A., Alghamdi, L. A., & Saleheen, H. N. (2016). Family profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi medical journal, 37(8), 882.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018706/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5196
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSaudi medical journalen_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectneglecten_US
dc.subjectvictim characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectpublic healthen_US
dc.titleFamily profile of victims of child abuse and neglect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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