Assistance to Victims of Violence and Accidents at the Outpatient Clinic of the Arlinda Marques Pediatrics Complex: an analysis of the reports of assisted users

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This study discusses violence perpetrated against children and adolescents, recognizing that it is neither a recent nor a decontextualized phenomenon. The objective was to verify the social factors that contribute to influencing adults to perpetrate violence against children and adolescents, associated with the relationship between the deep inequalities in the distribution of social wealth. We chose to base our work on the critical-dialectic theoretical-methodological perspective to describe the facts presented here, through the collection of data inherent to the year 2010, from the subjects treated at the Outpatient Clinic for Care for Victims of Violence and Accidents at the Pediatrics Complex Arlinda Marques, whose sample was 27 children and 19 adolescents, mainly from João Pessoa/PB and the metropolitan region. It was observed that of the total sample investigated, in terms of sex, 28 were girls and 18 boys, characterized by being aged between 2 and 17 years, of both sexes. In the analysis of their families, low education, high unemployment or underemployment and precarious housing conditions predominate; the vast majority of whom are beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program. As for the adults identified as aggressors, the characteristics are similar to those of their victims in terms of socioeconomic conditions. It is clear that violence perpetrated against children and adolescents is influenced by cultural, economic and social factors.

 Keywords: Violence and accidents, children and adolescents, social factors.