Sexual violence against children and adolescents: an analysis of prevalence and associated factors.

Objective: To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual violence against children and adolescents in the city of Petrolina/Pernambuco.

Method: Ecological study carried out with data from children and adolescents who were victims of sexual violence, collected in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases and analyzed according to descriptive and inferential statistics, with multiple logistic regression.

Results: A total of 1,232 cases of sexual violence against children and adolescents were registered, with a prevalence of 30.

Protection network in the assistance to children, adolescents and their families in situation of violence.

Objective: To understand the performance of the protection network for children, adolescents, and their families in situations of intrafamily violence, from the perspective of professionals of the Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance.

Method: A qualitative study conducted with five Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance professionals in a Pernambucan municipality. Data collection was conducted from October 2017 to January 2018 by means of a semi-structured interview, with data analyzed by the thematic content technique.

Clinical evolution and survival of neurocritical patients.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical evolution and survival of neurocritical patients in Hospital Units.

Method: Cohort with hospitalized patients in follow-up treatment in public and private hospitals between September 2012 and June 2016. Data were initially analyzed from descriptive and inferential statistics.

Validation of Questionnaire on Violence in Affective Relationships.

The aim was to describe the criteria for construction, validation of content, and appearance of a questionnaire for the identification of violence in affective relationships in adolescence. Transverse methodological study, with a quantitative approach, conducted in the period between June and November 2017, with the construction of a questionnaire and validation of the content and appearance, by means of a Delphi survey with 20 experts on the area of violence and adolescence. To evaluate the clarity and pertinence of the items of the questionnaire, a pilot test was conducted with 76 adolescents, and analysis of the validity of content and reliability of the items by means of (CVI), the (IRA), and the Cronbach alpha.