Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis

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Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis. / Karimi, Salah Eddin; Mohaqeqi Kamal, Seyed Hossein; Ghaedamini Harouni, Golamreza et al.
In: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 130, 01.11.2015, p. 87-99.

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Karimi, SE, Mohaqeqi Kamal, SH, Ghaedamini Harouni, G, Ahmadi, S & Jorjoran Shushtari, Z 2015, 'Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis', Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, vol. 25, no. 130, pp. 87-99.

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Karimi, S. E., Mohaqeqi Kamal, S. H., Ghaedamini Harouni, G., Ahmadi, S., & Jorjoran Shushtari, Z. (2015). Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 25(130), 87-99.

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Karimi SE, Mohaqeqi Kamal SH, Ghaedamini Harouni G, Ahmadi S, Jorjoran Shushtari Z. 2015. Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. 25(130):87-99.

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Karimi, Salah Eddin et al. "Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis". Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. 2015, 25(130). 87-99.

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Karimi SE, Mohaqeqi Kamal SH, Ghaedamini Harouni G, Ahmadi S, Jorjoran Shushtari Z. Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. 2015 Nov 1;25(130):87-99.

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Karimi, Salah Eddin ; Mohaqeqi Kamal, Seyed Hossein ; Ghaedamini Harouni, Golamreza et al. / Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis. In: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. 2015 ; Vol. 25, No. 130. pp. 87-99.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Ecological study of violence against children in provinces of Iran: a cluster analysis

AU - Karimi, Salah Eddin

AU - Mohaqeqi Kamal, Seyed Hossein

AU - Ghaedamini Harouni, Golamreza

AU - Ahmadi, Sina

AU - Jorjoran Shushtari, Zahra

PY - 2015/11/1

Y1 - 2015/11/1

N2 - Background and purpose: Violence against children is one of the most important social and public health problems that affect people in different age, racial, cultural and religious groups. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence of violence against children in provinces of Iran. Materials and methods: This ecological study used the cluster analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2010 among 31 provinces of Iran. Results: After integration of indicators of violence against children, the highest and lowest mean values of indices in all provinces were verbal punishment (76.99) and corporal punishment (13.12), respectively. In cluster analysis five clusters were formed in which the worst was seen in Golestan province (cluster 2) and the best were observed in Guilan, South Khorasan, Yazd, Ilam, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Isfahan, Semnan, Hormozgan, Khoozestan, Alborz, and North Khorasan (cluster 1). According to the results of ANOVA, four indicators of violence against children including inadequate care, exposure to smoking, child labor and believe in disciplinary action against children showed significant differences, but no significant difference was found between corporal punishment and verbal punishment. Conclusion: This study showed that the overall rate of violence against children was high and a wide variety of violence is seen against Iranian children

AB - Background and purpose: Violence against children is one of the most important social and public health problems that affect people in different age, racial, cultural and religious groups. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence of violence against children in provinces of Iran. Materials and methods: This ecological study used the cluster analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2010 among 31 provinces of Iran. Results: After integration of indicators of violence against children, the highest and lowest mean values of indices in all provinces were verbal punishment (76.99) and corporal punishment (13.12), respectively. In cluster analysis five clusters were formed in which the worst was seen in Golestan province (cluster 2) and the best were observed in Guilan, South Khorasan, Yazd, Ilam, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Isfahan, Semnan, Hormozgan, Khoozestan, Alborz, and North Khorasan (cluster 1). According to the results of ANOVA, four indicators of violence against children including inadequate care, exposure to smoking, child labor and believe in disciplinary action against children showed significant differences, but no significant difference was found between corporal punishment and verbal punishment. Conclusion: This study showed that the overall rate of violence against children was high and a wide variety of violence is seen against Iranian children

M3 - Article

VL - 25

SP - 87

EP - 99

JO - Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

JF - Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

IS - 130

ER -