Child abuse in Turkey: an experience in overcoming denial and a description of 50 cases

Assesment of Medical Staff Awareness About Child Abuse and Neglect

“…Türkiye'de toplumun, profesyonellerin ve hükümetin çocuk istismarı konusundaki farkındalığı çok düşüktür. Hekimler sadece semptomlara yönelik girişim-lere öncelik vermekte, üçüncü bir kişi tarafından olay yargıya taşınmadıkça ya da medya tarafından konu edilmedikçe yaralanmanın kaynağı konusunda bir girişimde bulunmamaktadır (16). Toplumların sosyal ve kül-türel özellikleri, çocuk büyüt-me ve yetiştirilmesine yönelik gelenek ve görenekleri çocuk istismarına yaklaşımı ve tanı-sını etkileyen temel bir faktör-dür (17,18).…”

Characteristics associated with maltreatment types in children referred to a hospital protection team

“…For the city of Zürich sub-sample, child's nationality and socioeconomic status were introduced as further independent variables. Regarding the prominent role of physical maltreatment in hospital settings [14,20,25,26,33,34], it is set as base outcome for the regressions, and other categories are compared to it. To take differences between the categories of certainty and the reporting channels into account, these variables are included as controls in the statistical analyses.…”

“…Not surprisingly, the most prominent type of maltreatment reported to CPTs at hospitals in different parts of the world are violations of child's physical wellbeing [14,20,25,26,33,34], although definitions of this category differ from narrow to wide. No clear picture can be drawn regarding the distribution of gender and age within maltreatment sub-types except for sexual maltreatment, where more girls are reported than boys [16,20,26].…”

Significance of Healthy Family Structure in Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Controlled Study

“…According to data from the World Health Organization, 20% of women and 5%-10% of men report having been sexually abused as children in 2006 [4]. Although the frequency and prevalence of child sexual abuse in Turkey is not certain, it is estimated to have a frequency of 15% [5]. Risk factors for child sexual abuse generally include the following: one or both parents being deceased, unemployment, severe irreconcilable differences between spouses, divorce or separation, over-crowded family, low socioeconomic status, low educational level, poor parentchild relationship, immigration, and existence of major diseases [6,7].…”