Systematic review of studies on reports of violence against children and adolescents in Brazil

This systematic review investigates how violence against children and adolescents data have been accessed, analyzed and discussed in Health scientific literature in Brazil. A sample of 50 articles, based in violence cases registered in the period from 1990 to 2015, was selected throughout the bases SciELO, PePSIC, Lilacs, Web of Science e Scopus. The analysis of frequency distribution pointed out that the major document typology consulted was the violence notification to the Guardianship Council. Characteristics of victims and of the violence situation were the most frequently analyzed. The data set permitted infer about the evolution of the violence epidemiological vigilance in the period considered. The Thematic Analysis showed that data was discussed in relation to the different contextual levels in which violence is manifested. The high absence of the information registered and the inexistence of psychosocial variables precedents to the violent situations interfered in the appliance of recent theoretical models.