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Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-cultural barriers to child sexual abuse investigation in Uganda: Experiences of police officers at Kamuli District central police station

open access: yesInternational Review of Social Sciences Research
Child sexual abuse has been widely recognised as a global crisis and a violation of fundamental rights of children. Irrespective of this recognition, child sexual abuse remains pervasive, underreported and poorly investigated.
Waiswa Emmanuel Kaako   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Formation of a False Positive Sexual Abuse due to Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report

open access: yesAdli Tıp Bülteni, 2021
Child abuse is a serious problem with its complex causes and tragic consequences, including medical, legal, developmental and psychosocial. Child sexual abuse is the most difficult to detect among child abuse types.
Erdoğan Polater   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Which sexual abuse victims receive a forensic medical examination? : The impact of Children\u27s Advocacy Centers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objective This study examines the impact of Children\u27s Advocacy Centers (CAC) and other factors, such as the child\u27s age, alleged penetration, and injury on the use of forensic medical examinations as part of the response to reported child sexual ...
Cross, Theodore P   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The Gender Harassment Experiences of Women Who Play, Coach, Officiate and Manage Sport in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sport remains a male‐dominated industry despite increasing numbers of women participating and working in a variety roles and contexts. In many sports, women report negative experiences and face gendered challenges as elite players, community players, coaches and referees.
Samantha Marshall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Elimination of the Sexual Exploitation of Children: Two Policy Briefings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Oak Foundation child-abuse programme has funded and supported a range of civil society actors over the course of the last ten years, with the aim of reducing the incidence of the sexual exploitation of children, focusing primarily on work in East ...

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Homelessness Service Usage Patterns of 30,000 Homeless and At‐Risk Households: The Melbourne Access Point Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child sexual abuse and its determinants among children in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

open access: yesPLOS Global Public Health
Child sexual abuse is a significant public health concern and a breach of basic human rights affecting millions of children each year globally. It is typically not reported by victims, hence it remains usually concealed.
Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction: Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Child sexual abuse can occur in a variety of settings, including home, school, or work (in places where child labor is ...
Daniel, Sheny, Kaushik, Anjali
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Gender Differences in Psychosocial Predictors of Attitudes Toward Reporting Child Sexual Abuse in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
There is a dearth of research investigating psychosocial correlates of attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse in males and females and a lack of such studies drawing on participants from the United Kingdom.
Boduszek, D   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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