Recognizing Child Abuse during Prolonged “Low Intensity” Armed Conflict: Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees?
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Protecting children from injury and abuse requires mechanisms at both the familial and societal levels. Data from wealthy and stable societies suggest that situations of stress predispose children to abusive injury. While the direct effects of armed conflict are all too apparent, even low-intensity conflict has the potential to exacerbate stress in the family. Clinicians who treat children in settings of armed conflict should be familiar with the subtle signs of abusive injury and the proper methods of their diagnosis and management. Improving research and clinical care in this area may serve as a potential focus of crossconflict cooperation (“Peace Through Health”). MeSH Words: child abuse, conflict, war,
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