1205 Risk Factors of Child Abuse in Ukraine

Abstract

Background and aims: In this abstract, data are presented on the key Child Abuse risk factors associated with social and economic position of the family and with peculiarities of the personality of parents and children. Also indicated was the level of Child Abuse awareness in the community, i.e whether any campaigns or messages to “reduce the risks of Child Abuse” were available at the time of the survey.Methods: Using a standardised protocol, families and children were interviewed according to the corresponding questionnaire. Data entry and descriptive analysis were undertaken with Epi Info. To evaluate the relative risk, the univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used and its interpretation was expressed in odds ratio's (OR) with confidence interval (CI) of 95%.Results: Risk factors associated with social and economic position of the family include unemployment of parents (OR=11,8), economic losses (OR=9,1), poor housing conditions (OR=7,2), incomplete family (OR=5,2), low maternal income (OR=3,9), absence of a constant place of residence (OR=3,5) and social isolation (OR=2,0). Among the risk factors of Child Abuse associated with peculiarities of the personality of parents there are intergeneration transfer of violence (OR=39,8), alcoholism and addiction (OR=31,4), conflicting and violent relations between the family members (OR=17,5). The risk factors associated with the personality of a child include the peculiarities of the child's behaviour,- hyperactivity, impulsiveness, aggressiveness, -(OR=5,2), the disturbance of “attachments” formation in the child to the mother (OR=3,8), children-invalids (OR=3,3) and premature children (OR=2,1).Conclusions: The practical recommendations directed on elimination of the risk factors for the Child Abuse prevention.