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Vaginal Foreign Bodies and Child Sexual Abuse: An Important Consideration

Closson, F. T., & Lichenstein, R. (Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013)

Vaginal foreign bodies are a complaint occasionally encountered in pediatric clinics and emergency departments, and when pediatric patients present with a vaginal foreign body sexual abuse may not be considered. We describe ...

Validation of a Clinical Decision Rule to Predict Abuse in Young Children Based on Bruising Characteristics

Pierce, M. C., Kaczor, K., Lorenz, D. J., Bertocci, G., Fingarson, A. K., Makoroff, K., ... & Leventhal, J. M. (JAMA Network Open, 2021)

Abstract Importance Bruising caused by physical abuse is the most common antecedent injury to be overlooked or misdiagnosed as nonabusive before an abuse-related fatality or near-fatality in a young child. Bruising occurs ...

Validation of a Prediction Tool for Abusive Head Trauma

Cowley, Laura Elizabeth ; Morris, Charlotte Bethan ; Maguire, Sabine Ann ; Farewell, Daniel Mark ; Kemp, Alison Mary (Pediatrics, 2015)

Background and Objectives: Abusive head trauma (AHT) may be missed in the clinical setting. Clinical prediction tools are used to reduce variability in practice and inform decision-making. From a systematic review and ...

Validation of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory in Italy

Miragoli, S., Camisasca, E., & Di Blasio, P. (SAGE Open, 2015)

The aim of this study was to provide preliminary findings on the reliability and the validity of the Italian Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory, a screening tool that measures parents’ potential for child physical abuse. ...

Validation of the Pittsburgh Infant Brain Injury Score for Abusive Head Trauma

Berger, Rachel Pardes ; Fromkin, Janet ; Herman, Bruce ; Pierce, Mary Clyde : Saladino, Richard A. ;Flom, Lynda ; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C. ; McGinn, Tom ; Richichi, Rudolph ; Kochanek, Patrick M. (Pediatrics, 2016)

Background: Abusive head trauma is the leading cause of death from physical abuse. Misdiagnosis of abusive head trauma as well as other types of brain abnormalities in infants is common and contributes to increased morbidity ...

Validity and Reliability of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale—Chinese Version

He, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, J., Yao, J., Xiao, H., & Wan, H. (Frontiers in Surgery, 2022)

ObjectivesTo test the validity and reliability of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale—Chinese version in clinical nurses.MethodsAccording to the translation principles of the Brislin Scale, the original scale was translated, ...

Validity of Caregivers’ Reports on Head Trauma Due to Falls in Young Children Aged Less than 2 Years

Fujiwara, Takeo ; Nagase, Hiroaki ; Okuyama, Makiko ; Hoshino, Takahiro ; Aoki, Kazunori ; Nagashima, Tastuya ; Nakamura, Hajime (Pediatrics, 2010)

Objective: The clinical presentations of head trauma due to falls among young children aged less than 2 years are controversial, particularly in Japan, as the history of trauma recounted by a caretaker is not always reliable. ...

The Value of a Checklist for Child Abuse in Out-of-Hours Primary Care: To Screen or Not to Screen

Schouten, M. C., van Stel, H. F., Verheij, T. J., Houben, M. L., Russel, I. M., Nieuwenhuis, E. E., & van de Putte, E. M. (PLoS One, 2017)

Objectives: To assess the diagnostic value of the screening instrument SPUTOVAMO-R2 (checklist, 5 questions) for child abuse at Out-of-hours Primary Care locations (OPC), by comparing the test outcome with information from ...

Value of follow-up examinations of children and adolescents evaluated for sexual abuse and assault

Gavril, A. R., Kellogg, N. D., & Nair, P. (Pediatrics, 2012)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether follow-up examinations of suspected victims of child sexual abuse influence medical diagnosis or treatment. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of patients with initial ...

Value of systematic detection of physical child abuse at emergency rooms: A cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study

Sittig, J. S., Uiterwaal, C. S., Moons, K. G., Russel, I. M., Nievelstein, R. A., Nieuwenhuis, E. E., & van de Putte, E. M. (BMJ open, 2016)

The aim of our diagnostic accuracy study Child Abuse Inventory at Emergency Rooms (CHAIN-ER) was to establish whether a widely used checklist accurately detects or excludes physical abuse among children presenting to ERs ...

Variables in delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse

Somer, E. & Scwarcberg, S. (American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2001)

Variables in delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse

Letourneau, E. J., Nietert, P. J., & Rheingold, A. A. (Child Maltreatment, 2016)

Variation in Occult Injury Screening for Children With Suspected Abuse in Selected US Children’s Hospitals

Wood, J. N., Feudtner, C., Medina, S. P., Luan, X., Localio, R., & Rubin, D. M. (Pediatrics, 2012)

Objective: To describe variation across selected US children’s hospitals in screening for occult fractures in children <2 years old diagnosed with physical abuse and in infants <1 year old who have injuries associated with ...

Variation in Recorded Child Maltreatment Concerns in UK Primary Care Records: A Cohort Study Using The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Database

Woodman, J., Freemantle, N., Allister, J., de Lusignan, S., Gilbert, R., & Petersen, I. (PLoS One, 2012)

Objectives: To determine variation over time and between practices in recording of concerns related to abuse and neglect (maltreatment) in children's primary care records. Design: Retrospective cohort study using a United ...

Variations in Emotional Abuse Experiences among Multiply Maltreated Young Adolescents and Relations with Developmental Outcomes

Trickett, P. K., Kim, K., & Prindle, J. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2011)

Objective: Based on the data obtained through Child Protective Services (CPS) case records abstraction, this study aimed to explore patterns of overlapping types of child maltreatment in a sample of urban, ethnically diverse ...

Varieties of nonfamily abduction of children and adolescents

Asdigian, N.L., Finkelhor, D. & Hotaling, G.T. (Criminal Justice & Behavior, 1995)

Varying Cognitive Scars – Differential Associations Between Types of Childhood Maltreatment and Facial Emotion Processing

Iffland, B., & Neuner, F. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2020)

Background: Distorted cognitive processing has been found among survivors of child maltreatment. However, different types of abuse and neglect may bring about differences in emotion and attention processing. The present ...

Verbal aggression by parents and psychosocial problems of children

Vissing, Y. M., Straus, M. A., Gelles, R. J., & Harrop, J. W. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 1991)

Analyses of data on a nationally representative sample of 3,346 American parents with a child under 18 living at home found that 63% reported one or more instances of verbal aggression, such as swearing and insulting the ...

Vers une théorie écosystémique de la négligence envers les enfants

Lacharité, C., Éthier, L., & Nolin, P. (Bulletin de psychologie, 2006)

L’article vise à décrire un modèle théorique de la négligence. La première partie présente les principaux enjeux suscités par l’acte de définir la négligence envers les enfants et propose une définition permettant de faire ...

Vicarious Post-traumatic Growth in Professionals Exposed to Traumatogenic Material: A Systematic Literature Review

Tsirimokou, A., Kloess, J. A., & Dhinse, S. K. (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2022)

Repeated exposure to traumatogenic material as part of work with traumatised individuals can have detrimental effects on professionals’ well-being. Growing research has explored this phenomenon, known as ‘vicarious ...

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