Child Protection: A Guide for Navigating a Disclosure of Sexual Abuse in Rhode Island Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2020
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Rhode Island Medical Journal
Abstract
Child sexual abuse is a challenging and upsetting topic,
which can be difficult to navigate. In addition to supporting
the child and non-offending caregiver, physicians are asked
to make important clinical decisions while also satisfying
reporting requirements to law enforcement and/or child
protective services. These decision points are not always
straightforward and can be complicated by reporter and provider interpretation (or misinterpretation) of the laws, previous positive or negative experiences reporting, and biases.8–10
Here we offer a guide to support physicians as they traverse these conversations and approach disclosures of child
sexual abuse.
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child sexual abuse, research, COVID-19, disclosure
Citation
Manickam, S., & Slingsby, B. (2020). Child Protection: A Guide for Navigating a Disclosure of Sexual Abuse in Rhode Island Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rhode Island medical journal (2013), 103(9), 47-51.