@article{ref1,
title="Child maltreatment during the CoViD-19 pandemic: a systematic rapid review",
journal="Pediatric clinics of North America",
year="2021",
author="Rapp, Ashley and Fall, Gloria and Radomsky, Abigail C. and Santarossa, Sara",
volume="68",
number="5",
pages="991-1009",
abstract="The present study is systematic rapid review on the nature of the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and child maltreatment. Database searches on December 28, 2020, identified 234 unique citations; 12 were ultimately included in our analysis. Included articles measured child maltreatment inclusive of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, and child neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with the prepandemic period, 5 articles found an increase in child maltreatment, 6 articles found a decrease, and 1 study found no difference. There existed variation in geography of study location, age of child maltreatment victims, and types of child maltreatment assessed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-3955",
doi="10.1016/j.pcl.2021.05.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2021.05.006"
}