TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends of violence among 7th, 8th and 9th grade students in the state of Lara, Venezuela
T2 - The Global School Health Survey 2004 and 2008
AU - Granero, Ricardo
AU - Poni, Esteban S.
AU - Escobar-Poni, Bertha C.
AU - Escobar, Judith
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by ASCARDIO http://www.ascardio.org. We thank Mrs. Carol Desoer for her cooperation editing the manuscript. List of resources available on internet about validated prevention programs on violence at schools: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org; Attorney General and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Safe Schools Task Force (2001). Great Ideas on Safe Schools http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/vp/; California Department of Education http:// www.cde.ca.gov; Center for Safe Schools http://www.safeschools.info; Center for the Prevention of School Violence http://www.cpsv.org; Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence http://www.colorado.edu/cspv; Comer School Development Program http://info.med.yale.edu/comer/index/html; Family Education Networkhttp://www.familyeducation.com; National Resource Center for Safe Schools http://www.educationnorthwest.org; National School Safety Center http://www.schoolsafety.us; National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center http://www.safeyouth.org; Riley, P.L. (2001). How to Establish and Maintain Safe, Orderly and Caring Schools http://ced.ncsu.edu/onlinetools/.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background: Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of violence and contributes greatly to the global burden of premature death, injury and disability. Methods: The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), State of Lara, Venezuela (GSHS-Lara) is a schoolbased surveillance system. It comprises a repeated, cross-sectional, self-administered survey drawn from a representative sample of 7th to 9th grade students, performed in the school years 2003-2004 (GSHS-Lara 2004) and 2007-2008 (GSHS-Lara 2008). It explores, among other things, a general violence indicator such as school absenteeism due to feeling unsafe at school or on the way to or from school for any reason; and more specific indicators of violence such as robbery, bullying, physical fights and use of weapons, as well as exposure to lectures on how to prevent violence. Results are given in terms of prevalence percentage. Results: Absenteeism doubled between the two study periods (10.8% to 20.8%). The number of students that were a victim of robbery remained high and without change both outside (14.2% and 14.8%) and inside school (21.7% and 22.0%). The number of victims of bullying was high and increasing (33.4% and 43.6%). Bullying associated with being physically attacked decreased (18.5% to 14.3%). Physical attacks without active participation and not associated with bullying were frequent (21.5%). Physical fighting with active participation prevalence remained high and without change (27.5% and 28.2%). Carrying a weapon almost doubled (4.3% to 7.1%). Less than 65% reported classes for violence prevention. Conclusions: The GSHS-Lara shows that violence is an important public health problem that needs to be addressed by the community and its authorities.
AB - Background: Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of violence and contributes greatly to the global burden of premature death, injury and disability. Methods: The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), State of Lara, Venezuela (GSHS-Lara) is a schoolbased surveillance system. It comprises a repeated, cross-sectional, self-administered survey drawn from a representative sample of 7th to 9th grade students, performed in the school years 2003-2004 (GSHS-Lara 2004) and 2007-2008 (GSHS-Lara 2008). It explores, among other things, a general violence indicator such as school absenteeism due to feeling unsafe at school or on the way to or from school for any reason; and more specific indicators of violence such as robbery, bullying, physical fights and use of weapons, as well as exposure to lectures on how to prevent violence. Results are given in terms of prevalence percentage. Results: Absenteeism doubled between the two study periods (10.8% to 20.8%). The number of students that were a victim of robbery remained high and without change both outside (14.2% and 14.8%) and inside school (21.7% and 22.0%). The number of victims of bullying was high and increasing (33.4% and 43.6%). Bullying associated with being physically attacked decreased (18.5% to 14.3%). Physical attacks without active participation and not associated with bullying were frequent (21.5%). Physical fighting with active participation prevalence remained high and without change (27.5% and 28.2%). Carrying a weapon almost doubled (4.3% to 7.1%). Less than 65% reported classes for violence prevention. Conclusions: The GSHS-Lara shows that violence is an important public health problem that needs to be addressed by the community and its authorities.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Behavior
KW - Bullying
KW - Health education
KW - Physical fight
KW - Robbery
KW - Unsafe school
KW - Venezuela
KW - Violence
KW - Weapon
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U2 - 10.1186/0778-7367-69-7
DO - 10.1186/0778-7367-69-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0778-7367
VL - 69
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Archives of Public Health
JF - Archives of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -