title: Sexual abuse of children presenting to the Children's outpatient Department of Port Moresby General Hospital.
abstract: Over a one-year period in the Children's Outpatient Department of Port Moresby General Hospital 23 cases of child sexual abuse were diagnosed. 20 (87%) were female. The perpetrator was known to be a male relative or acquaintance in 14 (61%) cases. The patients presented either with a history or overt signs of sexual abuse. With increasing awareness of child sexual abuse as a significant problem in paediatrics there will be an increase in the frequency of diagnosis of this condition in Papua New Guinea.
authors.affiliation: Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McClelland
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Polume
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010219:Papua New Guinea