Jatchavala Chonnakarn, Ransing Ramdas, Sukavejworakit Nutt, Ramalho Rodrigo, Devraj Nilesh
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2024 Feb;102:102655. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102655. Epub 2024 Feb 13.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious public health issue in India and Thailand. To identify potential barriers for addressing CSA in these countries, it is necessary to explore and compare research, laws, and policies in these two countries.
The Scopus and PubMed databases were searched for published literature on "Child Sexual Abuse" AND "India" OR "Thailand" concerning research focus, prevalence, factors, and policies or interventions on CSA. Main legislations related to CSA were compared using a predefined outline. Additionally, authors compared and analysed current legislation in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Published literature (n = 64) included original articles (n = 26), reviews (n = 36), editorials or letters to the editor (n = 2). No collaboration on CSA between the two countries was found. Several differences in the main legislation (e.g., punishment, services) of India and Thailand were observed, both between countries and in relation to the UNCRC.
Our findings suggest that CSA is mostly under-researched in both countries in terms of services, policy and legislation. There is a need for cross-country, multidisciplinary, and collaborative research on CSA in both India and Thailand.
儿童性虐待（CSA）在印度和泰国是一个严重的公共卫生问题。为了确定在这些国家应对儿童性虐待的潜在障碍，有必要探索和比较这两个国家的研究、法律和政策。
在Scopus和PubMed数据库中搜索关于“儿童性虐待”以及“印度”或“泰国”的已发表文献，内容涉及儿童性虐待的研究重点、患病率、影响因素以及相关政策或干预措施。使用预先定义的大纲对与儿童性虐待相关的主要立法进行比较。此外，作者还将现行立法与《联合国儿童权利公约》（UNCRC）进行了比较和分析。
已发表文献（n = 64）包括原创文章（n = 26）、综述（n = 36）、社论或给编辑的信（n = 2）。未发现两国之间在儿童性虐待方面有合作。观察到印度和泰国在主要立法（如惩罚、服务）方面存在一些差异，这些差异既体现在两国之间，也体现在与《联合国儿童权利公约》的关系上。
我们的研究结果表明，在服务、政策和立法方面，儿童性虐待在这两个国家大多研究不足。印度和泰国都需要开展关于儿童性虐待的跨国、多学科合作研究。
