OBJECTIVE To describe the phenomenon of child neglect and understand it in a gender context. METHOD Retrospective, quantitative, and exploratory study that analyzed reports of violence by a child and adolescent protection network in a Brazilian city. The theoretical and methodological basis applied was TIPESC (Theory of Nursing Praxical Intervention in Collective Health), with a gender emphas...

OBJECTIVES This research study explored children's views on issues about child abuse in Hong Kong and examined their implications on child protection work and research in Chinese societies. METHOD Six primary schools were recruited from different districts of Hong Kong. Five vignettes of child maltreatment in the form of flash movies were presented to 87 children in 12 focus groups for discus...

OBJECTIVE The 1998 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-98) is the first national study to document the rate of intentionally false allegations of abuse and neglect investigated by child welfare services in Canada. This paper provides a detailed summary of the characteristics associated with intentionally false reports of child abuse and neglect within the context o...

Child neglect is a problem that presents many challenges to learning and teaching in schools. Children are unable learn if their basic needs not met. Neglect the second most common reason for child be on protection plan Wales. Given universal nature of provision within community, prevalence neglect, schools well-placed notice intervene early provide support children promotes health wellbeing. I...

Child maltreatment remains a significant pediatric health problem despite 25 years since the establishment of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Federal funding for research on the medical aspects of abuse and neglect has been inadequate and, over time, declining in adjusted dollars. Nevertheless, important research has been conducted without federal support. Landmark research has ...

We study the effect of unemployment on child maltreatment in the United States for the period 2004-12, at the county level. We use a new administrative dataset containing every report of child abuse and neglect made to the Child Protective Services, and identify the effect using a Bartik instrument. A one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate causes a 20 percent increase in neglect...