BACKGROUND Child abuse represents a serious threat to the health and well-being of the pediatric population. Orthopaedic specialists will often become involved when child abuse is suspected as a result of the presence of bony injury. Distinguishing abuse from accidental trauma can be difficult and is often based on clinical suspicion. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We sought to determine whether accident...

Incidence of Abusive Cutaneous Injuries Cutaneous injuries include bruises, petechiae, burns, bite marks, lacerations, and abrasions. In 2004 data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System of the US Department of Health and Human Services indicated that physical abuse constituted 17.5% of the total substantiated reports for child maltreatment.' Data from the first Canadian incidence...

BACKGROUND The medical literature reports differential decision-making for children with suspected physical abuse based on race and socioeconomic status. Differential evaluation may be related to differences of risk indicators in these populations or differences in physicians' perceptions of abuse risk. Our objective was to understand the contribution of the child's social ecology to child abus...

Neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse (broadly termed, child maltreatment) have profound and long-term effects on a child’s development. The long-term effects of chronic early maltreatment within a care-giving relationship (also called Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) of a child can be seen in higher rates of psychiatric disorders, increased rates of substance abuse, and a variety of...

Child maltreatment is abuse or neglect of a child by a parent or other caregiver that results in potential or actual harm or threats of harm to a child. Maltreatment encompasses both acts of commission (abuse) and omission (neglect). Child maltreatment is divided into four types: 1) physical abuse (e.g., hitting, kicking, shaking, or burning); 2) sexual abuse (e.g., rape or fondling); 3) psycho...

The results of abuse may include repeated abuse, chronic pain, and physical and emotional illnesses. For some, the result is death, but others thrive. Males and females are abused at similar rates, but males are more likely to experience physical assault and females are more likely to experience sexual assault. Males and females experience psychological abuse at the same rates and there is evid...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of child abuse and other household dysfunction on child health outcomes. DESIGN Data from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect collected through interviews and questionnaires administered when target children were 4 years old and 6 years old. SETTING Children in the South, East, Midwest, Northwest, and Southwest United States. PARTICIPANTS On...

background: children suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) are very difficult to handle. it can be very frustrating and needs an outstanding tolerance. behavioral difficulties in adhd children may increase the risk of child abuse for them. the aim of this research was to compare child abuse, and neglect between adhd group and normal children. methods: in this cross-section...

INTRODUCTION Our study examines the frequency of joint investigations by child protection workers and the police in sexual abuse investigations compared to other maltreatment types and the association of child-, caregiver-, maltreatment- and investigation-related characteristics in joint investigations, focussing specifically on investigations involving sexual abuse. METHODS We analyzed data ...