Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia.
Dirección de Gestión del Conocimiento y Planeación en Salud, Secretaría de Salud de Envigado, Envigado, Colombia.
Biomedica. 2022 Sep 2;42(3):492-507. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.6460.
Introduction: Sexual violence is a public health problem included in political and social agendas worldwide. It is a medical emergency seen in health services, which are the main source of record-keeping by means of public health surveillance systems. Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic characteristics of victims of sex offenses and their offenders in the municipality of Envigado, Antioquia, between 2011 and 2020. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that analyzed all the sexual violence records reported in the Envigado Public Health Surveillance System for gender and intrafamilial violence (file code INS-875) during the 2011-2020 period. Results: A total of 807 cases of sexual violence were recorded between 2011 and 2020; 62.0% were cases of sexual abuse against persons under 18 years of age, and 82.3% of the victims were adolescent women suffering sexual violence exerted by relatives. The main aggressors were men (99.1%) with a median age of 26 years. Conclusion: Sexual violence has increased over time and in 2020, the year of population confinement due to COVID-19, the rates in women and in the life courses of early childhood, adolescence, and youth were the highest during the study period.
性暴力是一个全球性的公共卫生问题,已被纳入政治和社会议程。它是卫生服务机构中常见的医疗紧急情况,也是公共卫生监测系统记录保存的主要来源。目的:分析 2011 年至 2020 年间,安蒂奥基亚省恩维加多市性犯罪受害者及其犯罪者的社会人口学特征。材料和方法:这是一项描述性的横断面研究,分析了 2011-2020 年期间恩维加多公共卫生监测系统中所有关于性别和家庭内暴力的性暴力报告(文件代码 INS-875)。结果:2011 年至 2020 年间共记录了 807 例性暴力案件;62.0%是针对 18 岁以下人员的性虐待案件,82.3%的受害者是遭受亲属性暴力侵害的青春期少女。主要攻击者是男性(99.1%),年龄中位数为 26 岁。结论:性暴力的发生率随着时间的推移而增加,在 2020 年由于 COVID-19 而实施人口禁闭的那一年,在女性和幼儿期、青春期和青年期的生命历程中,发病率是研究期间最高的。