La prevalencia del maltrato infantil en la provincia de Guipúzcoa
- Arruabarrena Madariaga, María Ignacia
- Paúl Ochotorena, Joaquín de
- Torres Gómez de Cádiz, Bárbara
- Muñoz, Ramón
ISSN: 0210-3702, 1578-4126
Year of publication: 1995
Issue Title: El maltrato infantil
Issue: 71
Pages: 49-58
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje
Abstract
Results from an epidemiological study on child abuse in the province of Gipuzkoa are reported here. First, child protection case files were quantified and categorized; secondly, cases of abuse identified by professionals working with children (pediatricians, teachers, primary school Head-teachers, district social workers) were studied. Out of a total of 189 files analysed, physical neglect was found to be the most common (50%), and sexual abuse (1%) the least common. Professionals also identified a total of 884 cases of child abuse. Here the incidence of physical neglect was found to be the same as for case files, whereas abuse and emotinal neglect was higher. Making the relevant extrapolations and controlling for a possible overlap of cases detected by the different professionals, the rate of child abuse in Gipuzkoa in 1989 was 15 per thousand for boys and girls under 15 years of age.