TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to violence among urban school-aged children
T2 - Is it only on television?
AU - Purugganan, Oscar H.
AU - Stein, Ruth E.K.
AU - Silver, Ellen Johnson
AU - Benenson, Blanche S.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11044149
AN - SCOPUS:0033782114
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 106
SP - 949
EP - 953
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 4 II SUPPL.
ER -