The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reporting of violence against children

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dos Santos Souza Andrade CamilaORCID,Nascimento Costa Maria da Conceição,Alves Bonfim Trad Leny,Santos da Natividade Marcio,dos Santos de Jesus ElieneORCID,Oliveira de Carvalho-Sauer Rita de Cássia

Abstract

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo verify the impact (effect) of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rates of reporting of interpersonal violence against children aged 0-11 years old in Salvador, Bahia, from 2020 to 2021.MethodsThe study used two epidemiological approaches: a) temporal aggregation and b) an individual cross section, based on cases of interpersonal violence against children reported in SINAN from 2009 to 2021. Annual rates of reporting of interpersonal violence against children (per 10,000) and percentages were calculated according to different strata of each variable of interest. The temporal trend was analyzed using the simple linear regression method (R2=0.6955) applied to the rates from 2014 to 2019, the period in which they showed the most consistency.ResultsThe rates of reporting of violence against children showed a large variation, with a mean of 4.7/10,000. In 2021, the rate was 7/10,000 (a 45.8% increase on the previous year). Regression analysis indicated a mean reduction of 0.337/10,000 a year, and expected rates of 4.62 and 4.28/10,000, respectively, for 2020 and 2021.ConclusionThe occurrence of COVID-19 and, particularly, the increase in the number of reported cases of interpersonal violence against children in the second year of the pandemic in Bahia suggest that these events may be directly or indirectly related. More robust studies are needed to confirm this relationship.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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