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Child abuse and neglect

Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 88

"Oh, this is actually okay": understanding how one state child welfare training system adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic

'When will I be free': lessons from CoViD-19 for child protection in South Africa

A psychometric analysis of a short form of the Chinese version of the ISPCAN child abuse screening tools - children's home version (SC-ICAST-CH) using multidimensional item response theory

A quasi-experimental study of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team (MIST): a collaborative response to child sexual abuse

A spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on child abuse and neglect in the city of Los Angeles, California

Accountability in protection of children against violence: monitoring and measurement

An exploration of child welfare caseworkers' experience of secondary trauma and strategies for coping

Brazilian child protection professionals' resilient behavior during the CoViD-19 pandemic

Building an adaptable resident curriculum for acute pediatric sexual abuse evaluations: a qualitative needs assessment

Child maltreatment and adolescent externalizing behavior: Examining the indirect and cross-lagged pathways of prosocial peer activities

Child maltreatment data: a summary of progress, prospects and challenges

Child maltreatment during the CoViD-19 pandemic: consequences of parental job loss on psychological and physical abuse towards children

Child maltreatment in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: a proposed global framework on research, policy and practice

Child maltreatment online education for healthcare and social service providers: implications for the COVID-19 context and beyond

Child protection and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in South Africa: a rapid review of C-19 legislation

Child sexual abuse and pregnancy: a systematic review of the literature

Child sexual abuse and youth sexual assault: environmental impacts on disclosure and response to disclosures

Children's exposure to trafficking, sexual exploitation and community-based violence in Canada: a narrative summary and policy perspective

Children's language abilities at age 10 and exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: results of an Australian prospective pregnancy cohort study

Children's participation: a new role for children in the field of child maltreatment

Complex trauma and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy: how do trauma chronicity and PTSD presentation affect treatment outcome?

Consultation for child physical abuse: beyond the history and physical examination

Cost effectiveness of SEEK: a primary care-based child maltreatment prevention model

Determinants of severe physical disciplinary practices against children in Egypt

Deviations in criminal filings of child abuse and neglect during COVID-19 from forecasted models: an analysis of the state of Oklahoma, USA

Differences in the prevalence of childhood adversity by geography in the 2017-18 National Survey of Children's Health

Disinhibited social engagement behaviors in young maltreated children: dysfunctional behavior of biological parents and child attachment

Do suicide rates in children and adolescents change during school closure in Japan? The acute effect of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health

Domestic violence in families in the Netherlands during the coronavirus crisis: a mixed method study

Effect of home environment on academic achievement in child protective service-involved children: results from the second national survey of child and adolescent well-being study

Ending violence against children: what can global agencies do in partnership?

Engaging community voices to assess Kenya's strengths and limitations to support a child maltreatment prevention program

Examining adverse childhood experiences among Native American persons in a nationally representative sample: differences among racial/ethnic groups and race/ethnicity-sex dyads

Exploring maternal adversity and childhood outcomes among low-income rural families

Frontline staff characteristics and capacity for trauma-informed care: implications for the child welfare workforce

Future directions in child sexual abuse prevention: an Australian perspective

Global status of violence against children and how implementation of SDGs must consider this issue

Health and public health approach to ending child abuse and neglect

Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors

Help wanted: Lessons on prevention from young adults with a sexual interest in prepubescent children

How does COVID-19 impact intrafamilial child sexual abuse? Comparison analysis of reports by practitioners in Israel and the US

How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect

In the trauma-informed care trenches: teacher compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and intent to leave education within underserved elementary schools

Increased proportion of physical child abuse injuries at a level I pediatric trauma center during the Covid-19 pandemic

Indigenous ontology, international law and the application of the Convention to the over-representation of Indigenous children in out of home care in Canada and Australia

Invisible children and non-essential workers: child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage

Is the psychological impact of exposure to COVID-19 stronger in adolescents with pre-pandemic maltreatment experiences? A survey of rural Chinese adolescents

Long-term mental health services use in children referred to a clinical intervention

Major findings from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2018

Mental health disorders as cooccuring and predictive factors of psychotic disorders in sexually abused children

Multi-sectoral response to child maltreatment in Switzerland for different age groups: varying rates of reported incidents and gaps in identification

Patterns of adversity and post-traumatic stress among children adopted from care

Preliminary findings of problematic sexual behavior-cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescents in an outpatient treatment setting

Preparing the child welfare workforce: organizational commitment, identity, and desire to stay

Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in the Czech Republic

Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and associations with mental distress in Cambodia, Malawi and Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Professional team response to violence against children: from experts to teamwork

Protecting children from maltreatment during COVID-19 [editorial]

Psychological maltreatment: an international challenge to children's safety and well being

Rapid return of children in residential care to family as a result of COVID-19: scope, challenges, and recommendations

Readiness assessment for implementation of a large scale child maltreatment prevention program in Qatar

Recurrent involvement with the Quebec child protection system for reasons of neglect: a longitudinal clinical population study

Reporting of child maltreatment during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in New York City from March to May 2020

Reprint of: Juvenile sexual offending in Ghana: prevalence, risks and correlates

Screening for economic hardship for child welfare-involved families during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid partnership response

Secondary trauma and impairment in clinical social workers

Some challenges in child abuse prevention in a middle income country: the Brazilian perspective

Strengthening child agency to prevent and overcome maltreatment

Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic

Technology assisted child sexual abuse: professionals' perceptions of risk and impact on children and young people

Telemental health for child trauma treatment during and post-COVID-19: limitations and considerations

The effect of parental emotional abuse on the severity and treatment of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents

The exposure of children with and without disabilities to violent parental discipline: cross-sectional surveys in 17 middle- and low-income countries

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on healthcare utilization in children

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on the health and health behaviors of young Australian women

The potential influence of criminological rationales in considering childhood abuse as mitigating to sentencing

The role of multiple attachments in intergenerational transmission of child sexual abuse among male victims

The role of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in monitoring child abuse and neglect

The use of case advocates to manage child survivors of sexual violence in public health facilities in Kenya: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of child survivors, care givers and health care providers

Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: progress and challenges in building statistical evidence on violence against children

Thirty years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: developments in child sexual abuse and exploitation

Thirty years of the CRC: child protection progress, challenges and opportunities

Understanding youth participation to volunteer for child rights

Using social media data for assessing children's exposure to violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vicarious traumatization among child welfare and child protection professionals: a systematic review

Victimization profiles in girls involved in the juvenile justice system: a latent class analysis

Vulnerable children: protection and social reintegration of child soldiers and youth members of gangs

Worker and perceived team climate factors influence the use of restraint and seclusion in youth residential treatment centers: results from a mixed-method longitudinal study