Violência doméstica contra crianças e adolescentes: revisão sistemática da literatura.

Abstract

Domestic violence happens inside the home stands out as the most common form practiced against children perpetrated by an individual in a position of superiority with abusive feature, which can promote physical or psychological harm to the victim. Considered serious public health problem that afflicts the children and adolescents with a negative impact on growth and development and can pass on adult health that will become. The study aimed to perform a systematic review of the literature on domestic violence against children and adolescents. The study included articles published between 2010 and 2015 in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The search was conducted in the Virtual Library databases in Health (BVS): Lilacs, Scielo and Medline, using the key words: child abuse, domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse. The variables used for data analysis were: year of publication, type of violence addressed in the article, contemplated approach and publication of language. For distribution and presentation of the results was carried out descriptive statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel 2010. We analyzed 56 publications on the subject, almost 84% of them nationals. The type of more violence addressed in this sample it is sexual abuse, followed by domestic violence, with only a small representation of neglect and psychological types. More than half (59%) of research using the quantitative method to describe its results. Regarding the year of publication, there was a certain prevalence of articles published in 2011 (30.3%), but the other years had addressed an equivalent amount in terms of scientific research in the study area in question. In conclusion, we emphasize the great repercussion of any sort of violence against affected children and teenagers in the adult life of the individual. Society still shows careless as to approach and solve problems relating to the subject, although there is greater concern and alert, and reason for study and research.