Child Abuse - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement.

30 Jul 2009 This study used data on 2,297 families from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine whether Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement varies by maternal relationship status. Families were categorized according to whether the ... Read more...

Fathering by partner-abusive men: attitudes on children's exposure to interparental conflict and risk factors for child abuse.

30 Jul 2009 A substantial body of research concludes that children in homes marked by intimate partner violence (IPV) and conflict are at increased risk for maladjustment. Although studies often attribute these difficulties to the aggressive acts witnessed, ... Read more...

Non-accidental head injury in New Zealand: the outcome of referral to statutory authorities.

27 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: To describe the outcome of referral to the statutory authorities for infants under 2 years with non-accidental head injury (NAHI), and to establish whether the authorities held sufficient information to develop a risk profile for these ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Abuse - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Child protection and the health professional: mandatory responding is our duty. 5 Sep 2009
• NZNO referendum stance praised. 30 Jul 2009
• Shining light in dark places. Child abuse hurts a physician as well as her young patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement. 30 Jul 2009
• Fathering by partner-abusive men: attitudes on children's exposure to interparental conflict and risk factors for child abuse. 30 Jul 2009
• A 5-year-old girl with scarring. 29 Jun 2009
• Child abuse reporting: do you know what to do? 29 Jun 2009
• Professionals Against Child Abuse express support for David Southall. 11 Jun 2009
• Referendum poses risk to child discipline law. 30 May 2009
• ECHR 2009/5 Case of Juppala v. Finland, 2 December 2008, no. 18620/03 (Fourth Section). 30 May 2009
• Child abuse, human rights and the role of the doctor. 30 May 2009
• Non-accidental head injury in New Zealand: the outcome of referral to statutory authorities. 27 May 2009
• Legal and social service responses to child sexual abuse: a primer and discussion of relevant research. 29 Apr 2009
• Giving VOICE to our stories: whatever it takes. 29 Apr 2009
• Child abuse and dental neglect: the dental team's role in identification and prevention. 29 Apr 2009
• Long-term outcome of the shaken baby syndrome and medicolegal consequences: a case report. 13 Apr 2009
• Responding to child maltreatment. 9 Apr 2009
• Respecting autonomy in young people. 30 Mar 2009
• Still shackled in the land of liberty: denying children the right to be safe from abusive "treatment". 30 Mar 2009
• Child fatality review teams. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Child Abuse'

Definition: Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D002649

Alternative terms: Child Abuse; Abuse, Child; Abuses, Child; Child Abuses; Child Neglect; Neglect, Child;

Related Mesh Headings: Shaken Baby Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; diagnosis; mortality; rehabilitation; therapy;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.856.350.250; I01.880.735.900.350.250; I01.880.787.293.292;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: check also tag CHILD or specific