Characterization of cases of Child Maltreatment, Dirección de Medicina Forense of Tegucigalpa

Abstract

Child maltreatment is an important public health problem that affects the health and livesof victims, it is present in all cultures and socioeconomic strata and has serious health consequences for victims This study characterized the abused child evaluated in the in the Department of Forensic Clinic of Tegucigalpa in the period 2010 to 2015. 95.5% presented physical abuse by transgression, the belt was the main object of aggression. The relevant characteristics of the victims of child abuse were: Mostly girls (t = 2.408, df = 266, pvalor = 0.016), schoolchildren, with 8.6 years of age on average, 46% lived in their nuclear family, 84.3% were attacked in their home, the mother was the main aggressor. Physical abuse by transgression was the most reported.