Evaluating child abuse care in primary health care system of east Azerbaijan province in 2021

Abstract

Surviving children has negative consequences and costs from both health and economic aspects. Health damage from child abuse is an important part of the global burden of disease. Due to the prevalence of child abuse and health-related injuries caused by child abuse and the need to improve or modify this care, there is a need to evaluate and evaluate child abuse care in the primary health care system. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate child abuse care in the primary health care system in East Azerbaijan province in 1400. Materials & Methods: Documents, circulars and protocols of child abuse in the primary health care system The existing documents and laws related to child abuse in the primary health care system were extracted and examined. To determine the attitude of health experts in the field of child abuse, a questionnaire was prepared by reviewing scientific sources of all attitudes related to child abuse and was provided to family physicians, health care providers, health workers and psychologists. Findings: In reviewing the documents related to child abuse, service delivery and care algorithms and child abuse identification checklists were reviewed and collected, which are presented in the appendix. 64 people answered the questionnaire questions. Of these, 42% were psychologists, 26.6% were family physicians, 18.8% were health care providers, and 12.5% were health workers. The sample consisted of 77% women and 23% men. 73% of people had higher education than a bachelor's degree. The answers to the questionnaire by gender and level of education were not significantly different, but the questions of the questionnaire were different by job. There was no significant difference between men and women (p = 0.5) but the average knowledge of physicians was significantly higher than psychologists (p = 0.004) and health care providers (p = 0.03) but there was no significant difference compared to the group of health workers (p = 0.18). ).