• Multimorbidity and polyvictimization in children — An analysis on the association of children's disabilities and long-term illnesses with mental violence and physical violence 

  Seppälä, P., Vornanen, R., & Toikko, T. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2021)

  Background Children's disabilities and long-term illnesses (DLTIs) are a significant risk factor in the development of maltreatment. Objective The study is focused on the association of children's DLTIs with child ...
• Examining the Prospects for Developing a National Child Maltreatment Surveillance System in Ireland 

  Leary, D., & Lyons, O. M. (International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 2021)

  The Irish Government pledged to reducing the prevalence of child maltreatment under the WHO Regional Committee for Europe plan on reducing child maltreatment. As a first step towards a rights-based and public health approach ...
• Prevalence of Sexual Abuse in Children Aged 5-8 Years in Nairobi City County, Kenya 

  Kamau-Kang’ethe, R., & Walioli, R. W. (International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2020)

  Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) as a problem has been in existence throughout the world history and has remained a major global concern (Tower, 2010). It is an abhorred evil in every generation and a significant public health ...
• Home, but Left Alone: Time at Home and Child Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19 

  Bullinger, L. R., Boy, A., Feely, M., Messner, S., Raissian, K., Schneider, W., & Self-Brown, S. (Journal of Family Issues, 2021)

  We use high-frequency mobile phone movement data and quick-release administrative data from Georgia to examine how time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic is related to child maltreatment referrals. Findings show that ...
• Child Maltreatment and Illicit Substance Abuse: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies 

  Halpern, S. C., Schuch, F. B., Scherer, J. N., Sordi, A. O., Pachado, M., Dalbosco, C., ... & Von Diemen, L. (Child Abuse Review, 2018)

  This study aimed to investigate the association between exposure to different types of child maltreatment (CM) and the development of substance use disorders (SUDs) later in life. A systematic review was conducted: the ...
• Developmental Impacts of Child Abuse and Neglect Related to Adult Mental Health, Substance Use, and Physical Health 

  Herrenkohl, T. I., Hong, S., Klika, J. B., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Russo, M. J. (Journal of family violence, 2013)

  This study examined the association between officially recorded child abuse and neglect and adult mental health, substance use, and physical health outcomes. Data are from a longitudinal study of more than 30 years in which ...
• Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners 

  Thiede, E., & Miyamoto, S. (The Journal of Rural Health, 2021)

  Purpose: Sexual assault care provided by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) is associated with improved health and prosecutorial outcomes. Upon completion of SANE training, nurses can demonstrate their experience and ...
• Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence with Child Maltreatment-Fact Sheet 

  National Children's Advocacy Center (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2021)

  Fact sheet on co-occurrence of IPV with child maltreatment
• Ethnic Disparities and the Psychological Trauma of Maltreated Children: Evidence from Three Multi-ethnic Counties in China 

  Wan, G., & Gong, H. (Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021)

  This study aims to discuss the effect of ethnicity on child maltreatment trauma in China and to contribute to international knowledge on the quality of life of children. The data come from a survey of 1763 rural children ...
• High value correlates of caregiver reported counseling service need and utilization for adolescents at-risk for childhood maltreatment and neglect 

  Vázquez, A. L., Chou, T., Navarro Flores, C. M., Barrett, T. S., Villodas, M. T., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (PLOS ONE, 2021)

  Adolescents with a history of child maltreatment experience increased risk for psychopathology that sets them on a trajectory towards a range of difficulties in adulthood. Various factors influence caregivers’ decisions ...
• The Sexual Grooming Scale – Victim Version: The Development and Pilot Testing of a Measure to Assess the Nature and Extent of Child Sexual Grooming 

  Winters, G. M., & Jeglic, E. L. (Victims & Offenders, 2021)

  Sexual grooming has been deemed an integral component of child sexual abuse (CSA). However, the nature and extent of sexual grooming remains understudied in large part because an empirically-validated scale for child sexual ...
• An Ecological Model of Risk and Protection for Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Involvement among Maltreated Youth: A Longitudinal Study 

  Taussig, Heather; Dmitrieva, Julia; Garrido, Edward; Cooley, John (U.S. Department of Justice, 2021)

  The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of Fostering Healthy Futures, a mentoring and skills group preventive intervention (previously shown to be efficacious for improving mental health outcomes), in reducing ...
• Child Abuse and Neglect and the Burden of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Families: A Series of Cases Consulted at the German Medical Child Protection Hotline 

  Heimann, T., Berthold, O., Clemens, V., Witt, A., & Fegert, J. M. (Child Abuse Review, 2021)

  In order to help evaluate arising problems concerning child maltreatment during the pandemic, this study presents three consultations of the Medical Child Protection Hotline in Germany (MCPH), a nationwide hotline ...
• The use of out-of-home and secure care in response to child sexual abuse/exploitation and trafficking 

  Peace, D. (Institute of Applied Social Research, 2021)

  This briefing shares findings from an international scoping review exploring the extent to which the practice of moving children into out-of-home care placements or secure accommodations is present in other child protection ...
• Post-implementation of a Safe Harbor law in the US: Review of state administrative data 

  Azzopardi, C. (Violence Against Women, 2021)

  Gender-based relations of power and attributions of blame for child sexual abuse have been longstanding in child welfare policy and practice. Nonoffending mothers continue to be ascribed responsibility through the ideologically ...
• Post-implementation of a Safe Harbor law in the US: Review of state administrative data 

  Cole; J., & Sprang, G. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2020)

  Safe harbor laws have been implemented to change the way systems of care respond to juveniles exploited in commercial sex in the United States; however, there is little research on the way these laws have impacted the ...
• Objective and subjective experiences of child maltreatment and their relationships with psychopathology 

  Danese, A., & C. S. Widom, C.S. (National Institute of Justice, 2020)

  The study found that, even for severe cases of childhood maltreatment identified through court records, risk of psychopathology linked to objective measures was minimal in the absence of subjective reports. In contrast, ...
• Big news stories and longitudinal data collection: A prominent child sexual abuse case negatively affects parents’ attitudes toward male caregivers 

  Kroes, A. D., der Pol, L. D. V., Groeneveld, M. G., & Mesman, J. (International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021)

  Consumption of news media can influence attitudes toward specific groups, but the influence of news media on longitudinal data collection has not yet been researched. We present a method to index media attention on a ...
• Caregivers’ Considerations of Remorse and Responsibility Among Youth Who Sexually Offend 

  Gervais, C. L., & Johnston, M. S. (Journal of interpersonal violence, 2021)

  Abstract When a youth sexually offends, most of the reactions and repercussions that follow are understandably negative. However, there is limited research about mixed reactions involving remorse and responsibility on ...
• The Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Using SafeCare® to Highlight Successes and Needs for Improvement in Prevention Eforts 

  Guastaferro, K., & Lutzker, J. R. (International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 2021)

  Child maltreatment is a public health problem of considerable magnitude. Though substantial progress has been made in the prevention of child maltreatment, one incident of maltreatment is one too many. Intervention and/or ...

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