Neglect is a major cause of inadequate childcare in all societies and should be differentiated from abuse. "Neglect" is defined here, as the "neglectful" failure to supply the needs of the child, including emotional needs. It does not include the deliberate and malicious withholding of needs, which is a form of abuse. Neglect has its roots in ignorance of a child's needs and competing prioritie...

Purpose: Child neglect is prevalent in children's social work and assessing complex because it multifaceted opaque. This systematic review identifies evaluates evidence of tools or measures to better assess child neglect. Methods: Informed by Cochrane methodology adapted the needs practice, a search was undertaken. Ten databases were searched, augmented grey literature, contact with relevant ex...

OBJECTIVE In this study the authors measured the number of adults in three U.S. communities who reported abusing and neglecting children in their lifetime and assessed the relative impact of sociodemographic characteristics and lifetime diagnosis of mental disorders on both child abuse and child neglect. METHOD A total of 9,841 respondents, identified through a household sampling procedure fo...

OBJECTIVES To compare neglect defined by Child Protective Services official codes with neglect defined by a review of CPS narrative data, and to examine the validity of the different neglect measures using children's functioning at age 8 years. METHODS Data are from 740 children participating in a consortium of longitudinal studies on child abuse and neglect; 481 had at least one CPS report p...

Child neglect is the most prevalent form of child maltreatment and represents 79.5% of open child-welfare cases. A recent study found the evidence-based intervention (EBI) SafeCare(®) (SC) to significantly reduce child neglect recidivism rates. To fully capitalize on the effectiveness of such EBIs, service systems must engage in successful implementation and sustainment; however, little is know...

Child abuse and neglect greatly influence victims’ long-term wellbeing. Until recently, however, we have known little about how such experiences affect victims’ later socioeconomic status. Current research has examined the long-term impact of child abuse and neglect on adult employment, income, and reliance on public assistance, as well as the reasons for this impact. Abuse and neglect, often c...

“Unwanted” children may be more subject to child abuse and neglect by their parents or caretakers than are desired children, in part because such children may be born and raised in less favorable circumstances that foster maltreatment. In addition, parents may be more likely to maltreat unwanted children; sociological and medical studies suggest a link between unplanned births and subsequent ch...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Child abuse has serious physical and psychosocial consequences which adversely affect the health and overall well-being of a child. However, in a developing country like India there has been no knowledge of the extent, magnitude and trends of the problem. This study reviews the overall scenario of child abuse in India as well as the role of the dentist in recognising and ...

Screening for child neglect in primary care settings is a well-recognized, though largely untapped, resource in the campaign to prevent this pervasive childhood morbidity. Using a contemporary cognitive appraisal model as a conceptual guide, this study evaluated 71 upper-level undergraduate nursing students' thoughts about their future professional responsibility to screen children and families...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Child neglect Adolescent parenting History of childhood maltreatment Children born to the youngest mothers are at substantial risk for neglect. Neglect is multiply determined, but a maternal childhood history of maltreatment is an especially influential parenting determinant. This study investigated the etiology of neglect among very young mothers (b 17 years; n ...