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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Reporting child victims of abuse in the city of Yaoundé

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Eric Nseme Etouckey 1, Haamit Abba-Kabir 2, *, Jacqueline Michéle Lowe Nantchouang 3, Claude-Audrey Meguieze 4, Esther Voundi Voundi 5, Isabelle Mekone Nkwele 4 and Paul Koki Ndombo 4

1 Department of Morphological Sciences and Anatomopathology. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I.
2 Department of Public Health. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I.
3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology/Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/ University of Yaoundé I.
4 Department of Pediatrics. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaounde I.
5 Department of Microbiology, Parasitology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 15(01), 207-213
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.15.1.0658
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.15.1.0658
 
Received on 26 May 2022; revised on 03 July 2022; accepted on 05 July 2022
 
Introduction: The need to report any suspicion of child abuse is imperative for the medical practitioner. The general objective of our study is to describe the types of reporting of child victims of abuse suffered by children in some referral hospitals in Yaoundé.
Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019, i.e., 5 years, in 4 referral hospitals in Yaoundé. All records of victims of abuse under 18 years of age were included. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using Epi-info TM version 7.2 software. Ethical clearance was obtained to conduct our study.
Results: Of the 132 victims in our study, the alleged perpetrator was known in 53.0% of cases (70/132). Reporting was done in 48.5% (64/132) of cases and was more frequent if the alleged perpetrator was known (40/70; 57.1%). The administrative reporting procedure predominated over the judicial one, 57.8% (37/64) and 42.2% (27/64) respectively. The arrest of the presumed perpetrator was done only in 23.4% (15/64) of cases, followed by a conviction in 46.7% of cases, i.e. a conviction rate of 5.3% (7/132). The return to the victim's family occurred nearly 8 times/10 (105/132; 79.5%).
Conclusion: Reporting was done in less than half of the cases of child maltreatment resulting in a conviction in about 5 cases out of 100. Training and awareness of the practitioner remains a cornerstone in the fight against this scourge
 
Abuse; Children; Forensic Strategies; Reporting; Yaoundé
 
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Eric Nseme Etouckey, Haamit Abba-Kabir, Jacqueline Michéle Lowe Nantchouang, Claude-Audrey Meguieze, Esther Voundi Voundi, Isabelle Mekone Nkwele and Paul Koki Ndombo. Reporting child victims of abuse in the city of Yaoundé. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 15(1), 207-213. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.15.1.0658

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