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The problem
Intervention: COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measures
Who it was tested with: Children aged 0-11 years in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"The study used two epidemiological approaches: a) temporal aggregation and b) an individual cross section, based on cases of interpersonal violence against children reported in SINAN from 2009 to 2021... The temporal trend was analyzed using the simple linear regression method applied to the rates from 2014 to 2019." The study establishes a baseline trend and compares actual pandemic-period rates against statistical projections, making it a pre-post comparison.
Study relies on passive surveillance reporting data, so cannot distinguish between actual increases in violence and changes in detection or reporting during pandemic restrictions. Limited to one city. Does not establish causation. Authors acknowledge need for more robust studies.
Across countries and designs
4 studies · 5 countries
