Injuries From Physical Abuse: National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence I–III
| dc.contributor.author | Simon, T. R., Shattuck, A., Kacha-Ochana, A., David-Ferdon, C. F., Hamby, S., Henly, M., ... & Finkelhor, D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-02T17:25:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-02T17:25:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction Official data sources do not provide researchers, practitioners, and policy makers with complete information on physical injury from child abuse. This analysis provides a national estimate of the percentage of children who were injured during their most recent incident of physical abuse. Methods Pooled data from three cross-sectional national telephone survey samples (N=13,052 children) included in the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence completed in 2008, 2011, and 2014 were used. Results Analyses completed in 2016 indicate that 8.4% of children experienced physical abuse by a caregiver. Among those with injury data, 42.6% were injured in the most recent incident. No differences in injury were observed by sex, age, race/ethnicity, or disability status. Victims living with two parents were less likely to be injured (27.1%) than those living in other family structures (53.8%–59%, p<0.001). Incidents involving an object were more likely to result in injury (59.3% vs 38.5%, p<0.05). Injured victims were significantly more likely to experience substantial fear (57.3%) than other victims (34.4%, p<0.001). Conclusions A substantial percentage of physical abuse victims are physically hurt to the point that they still feel pain the next day, are bruised, cut, or have a broken bone. Self-report data indicate this is a more common problem than official data sources suggest. The lack of an object in an incident of physical abuse does not protect a child from injury. The results underscore the impact of childhood physical abuse and the importance of early prevention activities. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Simon, T. R., Shattuck, A., Kacha-Ochana, A., David-Ferdon, C. F., Hamby, S., Henly, M., ... & Finkelhor, D. (2018). Injuries From Physical Abuse: National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence I–III. American journal of preventive medicine, 54(1), 129-132. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878920/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4285 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American journal of preventive medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject | prevention | en_US |
| dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | physical abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | exposure to violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | research | en_US |
| dc.title | Injuries From Physical Abuse: National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence I–III | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |