Abstract

Objectives: The objectives of this work were to clearly determine the frequency and nature of the violence, to identify the main risk factors, to identify the impact of this violence on the health of the victims and finally to suggest a course of actions which could bring about solutions. Material and methods: A descriptive study of violence in the teaching establishments in the Department of Bambey, (Region of Diourbel, in the western central part of Senegal), conducted between December 2014 and June 2015 with a self-filling survey. The population studied was made up of school children, students, teachers and support staff of the different teaching establishments at middle school, secondary school and higher education. The information gathered is analyzed in Epi info 2000, version 3.3.2. Results: The average age of the population studied was 24.12 years with the youngest being 13 and the oldest 57 years of age. The sample gathered was 71% male and 29% female. All the parties of teaching establishments are represented with the majority of respondents being students (60%). Verbal aggression accounted for 53.48% of the incidents recorded. The aggressors in 98.56% of the cases either studied or worked in the teaching establishment concerned. Conclusion: In Senegal, there are insufficient records of violence in teaching establishments. This fact drew our interest to this multi-faceted issue and allowed us to discover the profile of these victims of violence. To this effect, preventive measures need to be put in place in the teaching establishments, notably the setting up a working group composed of the different actors of the institutions.

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