Incidence of Violence Against Some Disabled Children in Assiut City | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 7, Issue 16, March 2019, Page 64-72 PDF (605.71 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61150 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nessma Sh. Omer1; Hoda Diab Fahmy2; Soad Abdel-Hameed Sharkawy3; Naglaa Saad Abd El-aty3 | ||||
| 1Technical Nursing Institute, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professer of community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Assist.Prof of community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and exposed to discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. Aim of the study: To determine the incidence of violence against some disabled children at Assiut city. Subjects and methods: Descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Multi stage random sample used to include (10%) which represent 60 disabled pupils. The study was conducted in the following schools El-Nour school for blind pupils, El-Amal school for deaf girls in El-Arbeen district and El-Amal school for deaf boys in Assiut city. A structured interviewing questionnaire for disabled children. It include personal characteristics and exposure to violence in the previous 3 months. Results: The present study illustrated that it was found that 88.8%, 77.7% & 40.0% of disabled children were exposed to physical, psychological and sexual violence respectively. Conclusion: the majority of the disabled children were exposed to violence Recommendations: Increase public awareness about disabled children rights through mass media. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Violence & Disabled Children | ||||
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