deChesnay M
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Graduate Programmes, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Int Nurs Rev. 1989 Sep-Oct;36(5):149-53.
The sexual abuse of children by adults is a global phenomenon, though not always admitted to exist nor defined as a problem. Rather, the associated physical and behavioural sequelae to sexual assault are viewed in isolation by the child, family and health care providers because of cultural and political factors that are, to some extent, specific to certain societies. Yet they are universal when viewed in the broader context of women's role. The Council of National Representatives voted at the ICN Congress in Seoul to establish a policy for the nurse's role in protecting children from abuse (see page 140). Below the author presents her argument for defining the sexual abuse of children as an international health problem.
成年人对儿童的性虐待是一个全球现象，尽管并非总是被承认存在，也未被定义为一个问题。相反，由于在某种程度上特定于某些社会的文化和政治因素，儿童、家庭和医疗保健提供者往往孤立地看待性侵犯相关的身体和行为后遗症。然而，从女性角色的更广泛背景来看，这些现象却是普遍存在的。国家代表理事会在首尔举行的国际护士理事会大会上投票决定制定一项政策，明确护士在保护儿童免遭虐待方面的作用（见第140页）。以下作者阐述了将儿童性虐待定义为一个国际健康问题的理由。
