Prevalence of Child Abuse and Correlations with Family Factors Among Elementary School-aged Children

Background: Child abuse is a significant health and social problem. Different family factors have effects on child abuse. Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of in three domains physical abuse, emotional neglect among sample elementary school children Iran. Materials Methods: In this cross-sectional study, total 400 were selected through multistage cluster sampling from Shahroud, Iran, assessed for all domains, except sexual using validated self-administered Persian questionnaire. The collected data analyzed with SPSS, descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square test, Fisher's exact multiple linear regression analysis (P ≤ 0.05). Results: mean age participants 10.83 years (SD = 1.9). Overall, 63.8%, 27%, 90.3% reported neglect, respectively. There associations between mother’s employment status < 0.001), father’s education 0.03), smoking 0.001). results showed that lower levels socioeconomic had 0.006) 0.003). Conclusions: Among studied children, 73.8% declared at least one type It seems increased school-aged compared previous studies low significantly related Family physicians counselors play important roles identifying reporting neglect. Therefore, they should be more involved prevention