Underreporting of children and adolescents abuse in Primary Care and analysis of factors associated

A cross-sectional study that aimed to analyze the factors associated with the underreporting of maltreatment towards children and adolescents. The study included 1.055 professionals working in Primary Care in 85 municipalities of Ceará. The data was obtained through a questionnaire and submitted to bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. The final model showed that having less than five years of work, not knowing the notification form, not having the record at the health unit, not trusting the protection agencies, not knowing where to refer the cases and fearing legal involvement have increased the chances of professionals not informing situations of abuse in this group.