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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

Child Sexual Abuse [PDF]

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2014
This article begins by defining sexual abuse, and reviews the literature on the epidemiology of child sexual abuse (CSA). Clinical outcomes of CSA are described, including health and mental health. An outline is given of all the services often involved after an incident of CSA, and the need for coordination among them. Treatment strategies and evidence-
Laura K, Murray   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors and health outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Research on emotional child abuse in sub–Saharan Africa is scarce. Few studies thus far have examined prevalence, risk and protective factors for emotional child abuse or the associations between emotional abuse and girls’ health. Methods:
Dunne, Michael P.   +7 more
core   +6 more sources

Medical Institutions’ Response to Child Abuse: Survey across Japan

open access: yesJ, 2022
The number of child abuse cases has been increasing in Japan every year. Medical institutions face issues such as coordinating with welfare offices, child guidance centers, police, and other related agencies concerning child abuse, as well as ...
Eri Ishikawa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Child abuse and neglect.

open access: yesEast African Medical Journal, 2018
Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and various forms of neglect of children are associated with substantially increased risk for concurrent and subsequent psychopathology and are among the common problems encountered by clinicians in many clinical ...
F. Manguyu
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Forensic Significance of Skin Injury and Fracture Caused by Child Abuse [PDF]

open access: yesFayixue Zazhi, 2020
In recent years, cases of child abuse that result in injuries and death have occurred from time to time in China, and there may be more undetected child abuse cases.
CAO Zhe, HOU Xiao-ning, AN Zhi-yuan, et al.
doaj   +1 more source

Linking child maltreatment history with child abuse potential: Relative roles of maltreatment types [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2014
The independent roles of each childhood maltreatment type on child abuse potential in adults have been insufficiently explored and are inconsistent, with dissociation as one of the possible suggested mediators of intergenerational child abuse ...
Mitkovic-Voncina Marija   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Self-Figure Drawing as an Assessment Tool for Child Abuse: Differentiating between Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Child abuse is a worldwide phenomenon with adverse short- and long-term mental and physical negative consequences, with a huge gap between the prevalence of child abuse and disclosure rates. The study aimed to examine and validate the self-figure drawing
Nisara Jaroenkajornkij   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic review and critical appraisal of child abuse measurement instruments.

open access: yesPsychiatry Research, 2019
Child abuse is a major public health concern and a strong predictor of adult psychopathology. However, a consensus on how best to measure child abuse is not evident.
S. Saini   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pediatricians and Emergency Physicians’ Recognition and Training Regarding Child Abuse [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015
Purpose To explore the recognition levels and educational experiences of child abuse among physicians. Methods We conducted an electronic questionnaire survey of pediatricians and emergency physicians.
Hyun Jung Lee   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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