Media reporting of violence against children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during the early days of COVID-19 pandemic

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.26719/2024.30.4.255

Majid Aleissa, Hala Sakr, Rania Abdelhamid, Hassan Salheen, Ahmed Hafez, Sameera Alkhateeb, Sara Alrashed, Mohammed Alomeir

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Background: Violence against children constitutes a significant public health problem globally. Aim: To document and compare media reports of violence against children before and during COVID-19, and measures taken by countries to address such violence. Methods: This comparative review covered news reports of violence against children from 1 January to 30 June of 2019 and 2020 in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region countries. A total of 823 articles published in Arabic and English, covering incidents, initiatives, opinions and views on all types of violence among children under 18 years of age were sourced using search engines and platforms and reviewed. News on incidents was analysed quantitatively while news on initiatives and opinions was analysed qualitatively. Results: Some 40.3% of the news reports was on incidents, followed by interviews or opinions (31.5%) and initiatives (28.2%). There were 1129 reports of violence against children from 1 January to 30 June of 2019 and 1880 for the same period in 2020. Reports of physical violence increased from 34% in 2019 to 40% in 2020, while reports of sexual violence decreased from 45% in 2019 to 37% in 2020. Views and opinion reports showed 0.4–1.1% alignment with the 7 INSPIRE strategies. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the incidence and reporting of violence against children across the region. It is essential to provide accurate and sensitive media coverage for incidences of violence against children so that survivors and at-risk children can receive adequate support and ensure that communities can tackle it appropriately

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COVID-19 大流行初期东地中海地区媒体对暴力侵害儿童行为的报道

背景：针对儿童的暴力是全球范围内的一个重大公共卫生问题。目的：记录并比较 COVID-19 之前和期间媒体对暴力侵害儿童行为的报道，以及各国为解决此类暴力行为而采取的措施。方法：本次比较研究涵盖了世界卫生组织东地中海地区国家在 2019 年和 2020 年 1 月 1 日至 6 月 30 日期间有关暴力侵害儿童行为的新闻报道。使用搜索引擎和平台共搜索到823篇以阿拉伯语和英语发表的文章，内容涉及18岁以下儿童遭受的各类暴力事件、举措、观点和看法，并对其进行了审查。对有关事件的新闻进行了定量分析，对有关倡议和观点的新闻进行了定性分析。结果：约 40.3% 的新闻报道涉及事件，其次是访谈或观点（31.5%）和倡议（28.2%）。在 2019 年 1 月 1 日至 6 月 30 日期间，共有 1129 篇关于暴力侵害儿童的报道，2020 年同期为 1880 篇。关于身体暴力的报告从 2019 年的 34% 增加到 2020 年的 40%，而关于性暴力的报告从 2019 年的 45% 下降到 2020 年的 37%。意见和观点报告显示，0.4-1.1% 的报告与 7 项 INSPIRE 战略相吻合。结论COVID-19 大流行影响了整个地区暴力侵害儿童行为的发生率和报告率。媒体必须对暴力侵害儿童事件进行准确和敏感的报道，以便幸存者和面临风险的儿童能够获得足够的支持，并确保社区能够妥善解决这一问题。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.