Editorial: Navigating the science‐practice gap in child maltreatment

Child Maltreatment in the World: A Review Article

Child abuse is a recognized public health and social problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), child abuse includes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect and negligent treatment and exploitation. Child maltreatment is a global problem with serious life-long consequences. In spite of recent national surveys in several low- and midd...

child maltreatment in the world: a review article

child abuse is a recognized public health and social problem worldwide. according to the world health organization (who), child abuse includes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect and negligent treatment and exploitation. child maltreatment is a global problem with serious life-long consequences. in spite of recent national surveys in several low- and midd...

Preventing Child MaltreatMent

Child Maltreatment Research

The recent history of federal support for child maltreatment research paints a mixed picture of inadequate funding and uncertain administrative guidance against a backdrop of growing public concern about the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. This article describes some of the problems that have been identified in federal research funding, administration, and support of research initiatives...

Child health and maltreatment.

Children who are abused have been said to have more illnesses than children who are not maltreated. The relationship between abuse and illness has been hypothesized to function in 2 ways: (1) that abuse precedes the illnesses and children from abusive homes become ill because of the damaging environment they endure, or, conversely, (2) that the illnesses precede the abuse, with the fussy behavi...