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Why Healthcare and Education Professionals Underreport Suspicions of Child Abuse: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
Education and healthcare professionals are crucial in detecting and reporting child abuse and neglect. However, signs of child abuse are often undetected, and professionals tend to underreport their suspicions of abuse and neglect. This qualitative study
Jeanne Gubbels   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term Cognitive, Psychological, and Health Outcomes Associated With Child Abuse and Neglect

open access: yesPediatrics, 2020
In this article, we integrate findings from the MUSP, a 2-decade longitudinal study assessing outcomes associated with different subtypes of child maltreatment.
Lane Strathearn   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Knowledge of child sexual abuse and attitudes towards reporting it among teachers and parents of children studying in selected primary schools of Udupi Taluk, India

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2023
Background Child sexual abuse is one of the major issues of concern globally. Teachers and parents being the child’s primary caregivers should be knowledgeable regarding child sexual abuse.
Shwetha Prabhu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increased child abuse in Uganda amidst COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2020
Globally, COVID‐19 lockdown measures have exposed children to more sexual, physical and emotional abuse and neglect. Although the COVID‐19 pandemic is likely to have long‐lasting adverse psychological effects on children, there have been comparatively ...
Q. Sserwanja, J. Kawuki, J. Kim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse [PDF]

open access: yesChild Health Nursing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions on child abuse. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected using a questionnaire and 217 nurses working in seven general hospitals were surveyed.
Hae Young Min   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Child Abuse and its Related Factors in Iran: A Systematic Review [PDF]

open access: yesReviews in Clinical Medicine, 2021
Introduction:Child abuse is a global problem that is deeply rooted in the cultural, social, and economic performance of society. It is a behavior that occurs in various forms of physical, mental, emotional, or sexual, which can cause harm to the health ...
Maryam Salehian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Child Abuse Screening Instruments [PDF]

open access: yesChild Health Nursing Research, 2016
Purpose: The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and to describe the characteristics of child abuse screening instruments. Methods: Articles regarding the development of a child abuse screening instrument were investigated using the ...
Hyun-Kyoung Kim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sh-h-h-h : Representations of perpetrators of sexual child abuse in picturebooks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Children’s picturebooks dealing with the topic of child sexual abuse first appeared in the early 1980s with the aim of addressing the need for age-appropriate texts to teach sexual abuse prevention concepts and to provide support for young children who ...
Lampert, Joanne
core   +2 more sources

The Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Of all crimes against children, sexual abuse has arguably captured the greatest share of attention from child advocates, professionals, policymakers, and the general public.
Finkelhor, David, Jones, Lisa M.
core   +2 more sources

Evaluating Children’s Advocacy Centers’ Response to Child Sexual Abuse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) play an increasingly significant role in the response to child sexual abuse and other child maltreatment in the United States. First developed in the 1980s, CACs were designed to reduce the stress on child abuse victims
Cross, Theodore P   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

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