Child Maltreatment and Migration: A Population-Based Study Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Switzerland.

Authors :: Schick M
Schönbucher V
Landolt MA
Schnyder U
Xu W
Maier T
Mohler-Kuo M
Source :: Child maltreatment [Child Maltreat] 2016 Feb; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 3-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 19.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Background: Prevalence rates of child maltreatment (CM) can differ substantially between countries and ethnicities. Reasons, however, are complex and not sufficiently understood.<br />Method: This epidemiological study examined prevalence and risk factors of various types of CM in a population-based representative sample of native and immigrant adolescents in Switzerland (N = 6,787).<br />Results: The prevalence of CM in general was lowest in the native group, higher in the Western immigrant group, and highest in the non-Western immigrant groups. An immigrant background was related to an overrepresentation of several risk factors for CM. Adjusted odds ratio of an immigrant background were still significant for physical and emotional abuse but not for neglect and sexual assault.<br />Conclusions: Differences in the prevalence of CM across ethnographic origins are at least partially related to socioeconomic and ecologic risk factors. The distribution of risk factors may vary depending on the contexts of migration.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2015.)

Subjects :: Adolescent
Child
Ethnicity statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Switzerland epidemiology
Child Abuse statistics & numerical data
Child Welfare statistics & numerical data
Cultural Characteristics
Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data
Exposure to Violence statistics & numerical data

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