What if Child Maltreatment Were Childhood Leukemia?: Lessons from the Halls of the Hospital
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2020
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International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice,
Abstract
This article examines lessons that can be applied to prevention, research, training, and
clinical treatment in child welfare from analogous experiences in combatting childhood
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Since the 1960s, childhood cancer researchers
have been able to reach a 98% remission rate and 90% 5-yr survival rate with limited
research, training, and treatment dollars. In contrast, child abuse fatalities and maltreatment reports have continued to increase. Although childhood leukemia is not readily
associated with child welfare and child maltreatment, there are strategies, protocols, and
lessons from the cancer arena that could disrupt the status quo of how we address child
welfare. Use of childhood cancer research and treatment as a model could result in
development of a child welfare system that is preventive in nature and better equipped
to treat the multitude of family and community issues that contribute to maltreatment.
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childhood cancer, child maltreatment, child welfare, total therapy
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Babcock, P. (2020). What if Child Maltreatment Were Childhood Leukemia?: Lessons from the Halls of the Hospital. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 1-10.