Citation

Weintraub B, Lazzara P, Fuchs S, Wiltsek DL. Int. J. Trauma Nurs. 2002; 8(3): 81-83.

Affiliation

Pediatric Emergency Services at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. barbrn@earthlink.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Emergency Nurses Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12094158

Abstract

Child abuse continues to go undetected by hospital-based health care providers because clues may exist exclusively in the child's home. Emergency personnel are in the unique position of being able to assess the home environment. An educational intervention was developed to increase the prehospital providers' awareness of how to assess, report, and document suspected child maltreatment based on findings in the home.

Language: en