PEDIATRICS Vol. 106 No. 4 Supplement October 2000, pp. 949-953
Received Mar 17, 2000; accepted Jun 29, 2000.
From the * Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Objective. To measure exposure to different types of violence among school-aged children in a primary care setting.
Design. Child interviews using an instrument measuring 4 types of exposure (direct victimization, witnessing, hearing reports, media). Violent acts measured include being beaten up, chased/threatened, robbed/mugged, stabbed/shot, killed.
Setting. Pediatric primary care clinic of large urban hospital.
Patients. Convenience sample of 175 children 9-12 years old and their mothers. A total of 53% of the children were boys, 55% were Hispanic, and 40% received public assistance.
Results. All children had been exposed to media violence. A total of 97% (170/175) had been exposed to more direct forms of violence; 77% had witnessed violence involving strangers; 49% had witnessed violence involving familiar persons; 49% had been direct victims; and 31% had witnessed someone being shot, stabbed, or killed. Exposure to violence was significantly associated with being male.
Conclusion. Most school-aged children who visited a pediatric primary care clinic of a large urban hospital had directly experienced violence as witnesses and/or victims. Key words: exposure to violence, witness to violence, victims of violence, school-aged children, urban, pediatric primary care clinic.
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