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A Scoping Review of Arts-Based Mindfulness Interventions for Children and Youth

Coholic, D., Schwabe, N., & Lander, K. (Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2020)

Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) hold promise for building resilience in children/youth. We were interested in understanding why some MBIs incorporate arts-based methods, and what key findings were identified from ...

Enhancing the Impact of Family Justice Centers via Motivational Interviewing: An Integrated Review

Simmons, C. A., Howell, K. H., Duke, M. R., & Beck, J. G. (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2016)

The Family Justice Center (FJC) model is an approach to assisting survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) that focuses on integration of services under one roof and co-location of staff members from a range of ...

Final Report on the Survey of Law Enforcement-Based Victim Services

Maryfield, B., Tapp, S., Howley, S., & Przybylski, R. (Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2021)

The survey, entitled the LEV Mapping Survey, aimed to gain knowledge of the landscape of law enforcement-based victim services across the country. Survey data were supplemented by information gained through interviews ...

Children Exposed to Violence -Literature Review: A product of the Model Programs Guide

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2022)

This literature review examines the prevalence and consequences of CEV; describes definitional challenges for researchers and program providers; reviews risk and protective factors related to CEV; summarizes approaches to ...

"Gray Touch": Professional Issues in the Uncertain Zone Between "Good Touch" and "Bad Touch"

Daly, J. L., Maza, M. S., & Daly, C. M. (The Marquette Elder’s Advisor Law Review., 2009)

This article explores "good touch," "bad touch," and the uncertain area of "gray touch" - touch intended to be good, or not intended to be bad, that is nonetheless perceived by the recipient as bad. First, the article ...

Environmental Scan of Family Justice Centers, Final Report

Abt Associates (National Institute of Justice, 2018)

On January 1, 2015, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), with support from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), awarded a grant to Abt Associates Inc., in partnership with Alliance for HOPE International ...

The prevalences, changes, and related factors of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

Huang, N., Yang, F., Liu, X., Bai, Y., Guo, J., & Riem, M. M. E. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2023)

Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extensive and drastic during the twenty-first century. The increasing phenomenon of child maltreatment during the pandemic is a significant public health concern. ...

The silent crisis of child abuse in the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

Karbasi, Z., Safdari, R., & Eslami, P. (Health science reports, 2022)

Background and aims: The global outbreak of COVID-19 has become an international concern. The lives of children are severely affected by COVID-19 pandemic. There is evidence of a pandemic impact on violence against children. ...

Child Abuse in Times of Crises: Lessons Learned

Agrawal, N., & Kelley, M. (Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic has created conditions which heighten risk for child abuse. As key players in times of crisis, pediatric emergency medicine providers must be equipped with the tools to recognize, respond to, and ...

Child maltreatment-related children's emergency department visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut

Amick M, Bentivegna K, Hunter AA, Leventhal JM, Livingston N, Bechtel K, Holland ML. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2022)

Background: Previous studies of national emergency department (ED) data demonstrate a decrease in visits coded for physical abuse during the pandemic period. However, no study to date has examined the incidence of multiple ...

Trends in U.S. Emergency Department Visits Related to Suspected or Confirmed Child Abuse and Neglect Among Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, January 2019-September 2020

Swedo, E., Idaikkadar, N., Leemis, R., Dias, T., Radhakrishnan, L., Stein, Z., Chen, M., Agathis, N., & Holland, K. (MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020)

Despite decreases in the weekly number of ED visits related to child abuse and neglect, the weekly number of these visits resulting in hospitalization remained stable in 2020; however, the yearly percentage of ED visits ...

Child abuse reporting in British Columbia : An investigation of psychologists and teachers

Beck, Kirk A. (Simon Fraser University, 1993)

Child abuse and neglect continue to be a serious social and public health problem. Despite professionals' legal mandate to report suspected child abuse, compliance with these laws is far from complete. To date, there have ...

Impact of Child Abuse Education on Parent's Self-Efficacy: An Experimental Study

Balkaran, Sabina (Walden University, 2015)

Each year, approximately 1 million children are found to have been abused, with an average of 4.5 children dying each day at the hands of parents, caretakers, relatives, and friends. Child abuse recognition and parental ...

The Prevalence and Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the German Population

Witt, Andreas ; Sachser, Cedric ; Plener, Paul L. ; Brähler, Elmar ; Fegert, Jorg M. (Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2019)

Background: Multiple studies have shown a link between cumulative adverse experiences in childhood and a wide variety of psychosocial problems in later life. There have not been any pertinent representative studies of the ...

A Mental Health Needs Assessment of Students Attending an Alternative High School

Sachdev, Kelly (Loma Linda University, 2023)

Research suggests that students who attend urban or alternative schools experience higher rates of poverty, family instability, and violence victimization. These risk factors can result in higher rates of depression, school ...

Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques

Hoj, Kimberly (2022)

Expanding knowledge about how to self-regulate when faced with challenging circumstances has the potential to benefit individuals and communities, especially in our post-pandemic environment with increasing needs for mental ...

It's not "Just poverty": Educational, social, and economic functioning among young adults exposed to childhood neglect, abuse, and poverty

Font, Sarah A. ; Maguire-Jack, Kathryn (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2020)

Background: Neglect is the most common allegation in Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations. Researchers and media have questioned whether and how CPS-investigated neglect differs from poverty. Prior studies are ...

Effectiveness of home visiting programs on child outcomes: A systematic review

Peacock, Shelley ; Konrad, Stephanie ; Watson, Erin ; Nickel, Darren ; Muhajarine, Nazeem (BMC Public Health, 2013)

Background: The effectiveness of paraprofessional home-visitations on improving the circumstances of disadvantaged families is unclear. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the effectiveness of paraprofessional ...

Lifetime prevalence of investigating child maltreatment among US children

Kim Hyunil ; Wildeman Christopher ; Jonson-Reid Melissa ; Drake Brett (American Journal of Public Health, 2017)

Objectives: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States. Methods: We used the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child Files (2003–2014) ...

Childhood Trauma and Psychosis

Dvir, Yael ; Denietolis, Brian ; Frazier, Jean A. (Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2013)

Key Points: (1) There is strong evidence that childhood adversity (defined as sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, neglect, parental death, and bullying) is associated with increased risk for psychosis ...

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