A cross-sectional study was carried out to estimate prevalence of child abuse with battering among patients under age 14 for alleged disciplinary purposes. The reference population were children attending pediatric out-patient services at the University Hospital in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, a city of one million inhabitants with universal coverage in terms of accessing health care in the unit under study. Interviews were carried out with 130 parents or guardians in a randomly selected group according to order of attendance, and the prevalence of child abuse was estimated at 10.8%, considering as positive cases those where parents referred child battering under age one year or where there was evidence of bodily lesion over age one year. A validation study for the experimental questionnaire is proposed in order to allow for future estimation of population prevalence or incidence. The use of qualitative methods is also recommended as a means of gathering detailed data on socio-psychological determination for the supposedly disciplinary aggression with child abuse. key words: Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Survey Methods; Child; Child Abuse; Mother-Child Relations; Parent-Child Relations INTRODUÇÃO A idéia de que a criança é um ser imperfeito, rebelde e intransigente está presente há séculos nas civilizações. Aristóteles (Charlot, 1986) dizia: "a criança é, por natureza, destinada a obedecer ao adulto". Segundo Rosseau (Charlot, 1986), "a infância é, por excelência, o período em que germinam o erro e o vício". Para Kant (Charlot, 1986), "as crianças estão, por natureza, em estado de incapacidade, e os pais são seus tutores naturais". A partir desta visão foi se delineando o lugar da criança na sociedade moderna.A autoridade dos adultos sobre a criança tem na família sua representação mais evidente. Aos pais é conferido o dever de educação e proteção, e o direito de responder pelos filhos até que estes alcancem a maioridade legal.A família é considerada um local sagrado de formação e agregação de seus membros. A inviolabilidade do espaço familiar esconde situações de violência, dificultando a intervenção para se garantir os direitos de seus membros.Na interação do maior de idade com o menor de idade, muitas vezes ocorre a exacerbação da autoridade do primeiro sobre o segundo, levando à situação de abuso. O abuso contra a criança ocorre de diversas maneiras: negligência nos 1 Este trabalho foi desenvolvido com a verba do Fundo de Apoio ao Ensino e Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (193/90, 235/91).

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The community of Altos de la Sabana is a population composed of families of limited economic resources and victims of the internal armed conflict in Sucre, located in low-income housing. In this urbanization is the Institution of Higher Education of the Holy Shroud. Given that at present it does not have technological and innovative tools for academic use, information provided by the rector and the academic coordinator of this institution, as well as being considered as a vulnerable community by the national government, which gives them a priority position when implementing educational and social projects; The main objective of this project is to encourage the students of the secondary school of the institution to use technological tools to solve problems in their environment. This research has a quantitative approach and the design of the research focuses on field research and with a pre-experimental method. For the execution of this project, 3 moments were concentrated; initially, an initial test was carried out to validate knowledge in technological tools and the self-directed profile, then some training was carried out using the problem-based methodology and finally a final evaluation to measure acquired competences. The results of the post-test, in contrast to the initial test, revealed that 65% of students in grade 11 of the institution demonstrate an empowerment in the use of ICT tools and concepts in the field of basic analog-digital electronics. This is how ICTs are based on the education system, as they are facilitating tools in the teaching-learning process.