Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
The United Nations defines violence against children as all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or children negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse[1]
A 30 year follow up study showed a link between child maltreatment and increased risk of malnutrition, vision problems, 1Consultant
Government of Sri Lanka has clearly identified the adverse consequences of child maltreatment and implemented many strategies in the areas of identification, management and prevention of child abuse and neglect in Sri Lanka
Summary
The United Nations defines violence against children as all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or children negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse[1]. A worldwide literature review on child maltreatment reported that 23% of adults have been victims of physical abuse, 36% have been victims of emotional abuse and 16% have been physically neglected, irrespective of the gender, during their childhood[2]. A systemic review done in 2015 on global prevalence of child maltreatment reported that nearly 10 million children aged 2-17 years have been victims of physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect[3]. A study done in a Sri Lankan district among students aged 18 to 19 years reported the prevalence of physical abuse in 45.4%, sexual abuse in 9.1% and emotional abuse in 27.9%4. The same study reported that there was a greater prevalence of sexual abuse in girls in comparison to boys (11.5% vs. 6.4%)[4]
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