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  • Title: Exposure to violence among urban school-aged children: is it only on television?
    Author: Purugganan OH, Stein RE, Silver EJ, Benenson BS.
    Journal: Pediatrics; 2000 Oct; 106(4 Suppl):949-53. PubMed ID: 11044149.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To measure exposure to different types of violence among school-aged children in a primary care setting. DESIGN: Child interviews using an instrument measuring 4 types of exposure (direct victimization, witnessing, hearing reports, media). Violent acts measured include being beaten up, chased/threatened, robbed/mugged, stabbed/shot, killed. SETTING: Pediatric primary care clinic of large urban hospital. PATIENTS: Convenience sample of 175 children 9-12 years old and their mothers. A total of 53% of the children were boys, 55% were Hispanic, and 40% received public assistance. RESULTS: All children had been exposed to media violence. A total of 97% (170/175) had been exposed to more direct forms of violence; 77% had witnessed violence involving strangers; 49% had witnessed violence involving familiar persons; 49% had been direct victims; and 31% had witnessed someone being shot, stabbed, or killed. Exposure to violence was significantly associated with being male. CONCLUSION: Most school-aged children who visited a pediatric primary care clinic of a large urban hospital had directly experienced violence as witnesses and/or victims.
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