@article{ref1,
title="Injuries from physical abuse: National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence I-III",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="2018",
author="Simon, Thomas R. and Shattuck, Anne and Kacha-Ochana, Akadia and David-Ferdon, Corinne F. and Hamby, Sherry L. and Henly, Megan and Merrick, Melissa T. and Turner, Heather A. and Finkelhor, David",
volume="54",
number="1",
pages="129-132",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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.<br><br>Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.031"
}