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【社会人文】单亲家庭有双倍风险引发儿童性虐
Public release date: 13-Mar-2007
One-parent households double risk of childhood sexual abuse
Parental absence leads to more opportunity for sexual predators
PHILADELPHIA -- Adult men who grew up in one-parent households are more likely to have been abused as children, according to a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania抯 School of Medicine. William C. Holmes, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, reports his findings in the March 13th issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
"Children being raised by one parent are at a greater risk for many things as they grow up, including health risks such as poorly-controlled diabetes and asthma," said Holmes. "We now must add childhood sexual abuse to part of this risk picture."
The study adjusted for socioeconomic status, and still found that children of one-parent households were at an increased risk for childhood sexual abuse. Though all one-parent homes appeared to have imparted risk-for-abuse, risk-for-abuse in one-parent homes was higher in the lower income groups than it was in the higher income groups.
"There is definitely something about being raised by one-parent that independently contributes to the higher risk for sexual abuse. While children from lower income one-parent households are at a higher risk, better socioeconomics of the household don抰 make the risk go away completely."
Holmes believes that there may be a psychological and emotional aspect involved in the increased risk for all one-parent homes.
According to Holmes, single-parent homes are likely to have the parent absent a good portion of the time because she or he must work to provide all the basic necessities for the family. Unfortunately, the children of this absentee parent will likely be looking for an adult to bond with, to share experiences with. "Predators are pretty good at finding and grooming these sorts of kids," said Holmes. "They set children up over time, earn their trust, act as parent-substitutes by giving them attention and sometimes gifts."
Holmes believes that when you add low socioeconomic status to the equation, the likelihood for a predator having easy access to emotionally-needy children is increased by the type of childcare facilities available to children of low-income, single-parents. These often are not facilities with good oversight of who the child caregivers are. And oftentimes, a single-parent just has to trust that all is okay, and trust is not as thorough as a background check.
"The individuals that are heading up these one-parent homes are unsung heroes, serving in the dual capacity as parent and provider, and are doing amazing things," concluded Holmes. "Studies like this one call for interventions that will provide more help to these heroes and the homes they head up?for example, through actual funding of better childcare facilities and/or increasing oversight of who provides the childcare at such facilities." 本人已认领该文编译，48小时后若未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 Public release date: 13-Mar-2007
发表日期：2007－3－13
One-parent households double risk of childhood sexual abuse
单亲家庭有双倍风险引发儿童性虐待事件
Parental absence leads to more opportunity for sexual predators
父母亲的离去为性掠食者提供了更多的机会
PHILADELPHIA -- Adult men who grew up in one-parent households are more likely to have been abused as children, according to a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania抯 School of Medicine. William C. Holmes, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, reports his findings in the March 13th issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
费城――在单亲家庭中长大的成年男性在他们还是儿童的时候很有可能被虐待过，根据宾夕法尼亚大学医学院进行的一项研究表明。William C. Holmes，医学博士，临床工程学硕士，宾夕法尼亚大学医学和流行病学副教授，在费城VA医学中心的健康公正研究和促进中心工作，他在三月十三日版的《流行病和公共卫生杂志》上报导了他的研究结果。
"Children being raised by one parent are at a greater risk for many things as they grow up, including health risks such as poorly-controlled diabetes and asthma," said Holmes. "We now must add childhood sexual abuse to part of this risk picture."
“单亲抚养的孩子在他们成长的过程中在许多方面都处于高危状态，它包括了健康的危险诸如难以控制的糖尿病和哮喘，”Holmes说。“现在我们要往这幅危险图中加上儿童性虐待。”
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