| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: to analyze the factors associated with the underreporting on the part of nurses
within Primary Health Care of abuse against children and adolescents. METHOD: cross-sectional study with 616 nurses. A questionnaire addressed
socio-demographic data, profession, instrumentation and knowledge on the topic,
identification and reporting of abuse cases. Bivariate and multivariate logistic
regression was used. RESULTS: female nurses, aged between 21 and 32 years old, not married, with five or more
years since graduation, with graduate studies, and working for five or more years
in PHC predominated. The final regression model showed that factors such as
working for five or more years, having a reporting form within the PHC unit, and
believing that reporting within Primary Health Care is an advantage, facilitate
reporting. CONCLUSION: the study''s results may, in addition to sensitizing nurses, support management
professionals in establishing strategies intended to produce compliance with
reporting as a legal device that ensures the rights of children and
adolescents. |
