title: Non-accidental injuries among Indian children in Durban.
abstract: This first prospective study of child abuse among Indian children in the RSA reports 44 cases seen at the R.K. Khan Hospital in Chatsworth, Durban, over a 3 1/2-year period. Over a third of the patients were under 6 years of age. Most of the injuries were minor bruises involving the face, head and lumbar region, while there were 8 cases of sexual abuse. The victim's father was the abuser in 36,3% of cases, followed by the mother in 20,5%. The main environmental risk factors were marital discord, divorce, extramarital affairs, wife-battering, unemployment, receipt of disability or other grants, poor living conditions, and drug and/or alcohol abuse.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001497:Battered Child Syndrome; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012742:Sex Offenses; D013019:South Africa