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Cyber Child Pornography and Neo‐Legal Responses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Alaeldin Mansour Maghaireh
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken a strong stance against cyber child pornography by enacting new laws and implementing legal measures to prevent and punish offenders. This article examines the legal framework in the UAE related to cyber child pornography, with a particular focus on the new Federal Law No. 34 of 2021 on Combating Rumours and Cybercrimes, as well as Federal Law No. 3 of 2016
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The spectrum of concern for medical child abuse among adolescents with chronic pain due to central sensitisation Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Katie L. Johnson, See Wan Tham, Emily C. B. Brown, Gary A. Walco, Kenneth W. Feldman, Rebecca T. Wiester, Stephanie N. Wilkins, Kristine A. Campbell
Adolescents with chronic pain can at times present with disability out of proportion to diagnostic workup. This is also a defining feature of medical child abuse (MCA). The aim of this study was to identify themes from the clinical narratives of adolescents with chronic pain that may indicate concern for MCA. This qualitative, retrospective study at an academic children's hospital between 2011 and
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-02-12
No abstract is available for this article.
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Factors Influencing Clinicians', Health Visitors' and Social Workers' Professional Judgements, Decision-Making and Multidisciplinary Collaboration When Safeguarding Children with Burn Injuries: A Qualitative Study Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Laura E. Cowley, C. Verity Bennett, Harriet D. Quinn-Scoggins, Diane Nuttall, David Wilkins, Alison M. Kemp
Burns are a common injury to young children, sometimes related to neglect or physical abuse. Emergency department (ED) clinicians, health visitors and social workers must work collaboratively when safeguarding children with burns; however, little is known about the factors influencing their professional judgements, decision-making and multidisciplinary collaboration. Objective was to explore factors
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Context matters: Conceptualising and operationalising the contextual prevention of child sexual abuse Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Susan Rayment-McHugh, Nadine McKillop, Dimity Adams, Daryl J. Higgins, Douglas H. Russell
There is growing recognition of the contextual dynamics of child sexual abuse, with a developing evidence base supporting it, sparking calls to ensure prevention efforts are contextualised. Contextual approaches extend the focus of prevention beyond the individual, to include immediate situations, and the physical and social contexts in which abuse occurs. Although academic and industry support for
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Exploring social workers' views on assessing child neglect in England and Wales Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Simon Haworth, Jason Schaub, Paul Montgomery
Child neglect poses many issues for social work, notably in terms of effective assessment leading to informed intervention targeting the needs of children and families. In response to this challenge, our multiphase research project is developing a new multiagency child neglect measurement tool. The phase of the project reported in this article administered an online survey via Qualtrics to explore
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Child Fatality Individual Case Reports: A 24-Year National State-by-State Review Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 David M. Mantell, Natalie Chong, Todd Takeno, Michelle Pazdur, Taylor Walker
This study focused on the content of 1186 Child Fatality Review Board individual case reports collected nationally over a 24-year period (1995–2019). This information, in contrast to group data, may yield important insights into the causative factors, especially for child fatality resulting from neglect and inflicted injury. The reports were collected from six of the 50 states and evaluated for the
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Understanding practice with culturally and linguistically diverse children and young people who have experienced domestic and family violence: A practitioner perspective Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Sally-Ann Keipert, Carmela Bastian
There is a dearth of research focused on practice responses with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children and young people experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV). This knowledge gap may result in a lack of professional guidance and clarity for practitioners who work in this complex context. This small-scale qualitative research study explored practice responses with CALD children
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-11-08
No abstract is available for this article.
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Correction to “Parental substance misuse and statutory child protection in England: Risk factors and outcomes” Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-10-23
Roy, J. (2024) Parental substance misuse and statutory child protection in England: Risk factors and outcomes. Child Abuse Review, 32(2), e2786. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2786 The funding statement for this article was incorrect. The below funding statement has been added to the article: The author was funded under the SWDTC and the grant code (now closed) for this was ES/J50015X/1
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Child torture: A Washington state case series Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Adrienne Schlatter, Rebecca T. Wiester, Alysha D. Thompson, Joyce Gilbert, Teresa Forshag, Kenneth W. Feldman
Child torture is a worldwide problem, but there is very little research on torture as a form of child abuse. In 2014 Knox et al. reported the first case series on child torture and developed criteria to diagnose child abuse torture. Our objective was to describe additional child abuse torture victims and to determine whether they shared similar patterns, including types of abuse, duration and possible
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Families of four-year-old children experiencing violence: A national survey of parents and public health nurses on help and support Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Tuija Leppäkoski, Maaret Vuorenmaa, Eija Paavilainen
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM) – together referred to as family violence (FV) – often co-occur. In Finland, public health nurses play an important role in identifying FV. They regularly meet families and assess children's health until the child turns seven. This nationwide retrospective cross-sectional survey (FinChildren) aimed to describe and compare help and support
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Analysis of child abuse by science mapping method Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Nurdan Unaldi
Child abuse is defined as physical and emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation that cause actual or potential harm to the child's health, development, or dignity. Bibliometrics analyses works produced in a particular field, period and region. It is used to determine the studies carried out in any field, their development and changes in the process, and possible trends. The Web
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How clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas: A qualitative study Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Molly O'Connor, Charlotte Wilson, Barry Coughlan, Robbie Duschinsky, Sarah Foster
This research aimed to explore how clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas, with special attention to the role of psychology in child welfare. Transcripts from 20 semi-structured interviews with clinical psychologists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in England were analysed using a qualitative framework approach. In these interviews, two family case vignettes
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-10
No abstract is available for this article.
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Child marriage and education in the context of a global pandemic: Exploring the gendered implications of COVID-inspired school closures in Ghana Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Abdul-Rahim Mohammed
This article aims to cast light on the negative but silent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls' education and welfare in Ghana. Since the pandemic emerged in 2019, unprecedented changes have occurred in ordinary people's health, education and social life. As a response to the pandemic, governments globally implemented social distancing regimes, lockdowns and school closures to curtail the spread
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The positive and negative effects of working with child sexual abuse for health and social care professionals: A systematic review Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Diarmuid Sheehan, Jessica Holland, Alan Carr
The aim of this systematic review was to determine the positive and negative outcomes of working with children who had experienced sexual abuse for health and social care professionals. The following four databases were searched using predetermined terms: PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria included peer-reviewed qualitative, quantitative, multi-method or mixed method studies
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Examining the moderating effects of school factors on sense of acceptance and mental health: A multilevel analysis Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Yuriko Yanagi
Children who feel unaccepted by their mothers tend to have poor mental health. Although school factors (social support from homeroom or from teachers and friends, as well as classroom satisfaction) can protect students, few studies have examined these factors at the classroom level. Understanding the relationships between sense of acceptance, school factors and mental health may help students. This
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‘I just know I am upset, and thats it!’: The role of adolescents’ attachment, emotions, and relationship with caregivers in residential care Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Francisca Babo, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Beatriz Santos, Paula Mena Matos, Helena Carvalho
According to the attachment theory, the establishment of emotional bonds with significant figures is an important process in human development throughout life. The quality of the relationships between adolescents and their caregivers in residential care (RC) may act as a protective factor for internal reorganisation and the development of emotional regulation skills. The present study aims to analyse
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Mapping local policy approaches to child neglect assessment practice and use of tools in England Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Monica Duman, Sarah Bekaert, Alison Cocks, Jane V. Appleton
Child neglect has devastating enduring consequences for children and its identification and assessment remains challenging for practitioners. In England, assessment tools and standardised measures have been incorporated in welfare and safeguarding practice to help practitioners' critical observation and analysis and improve their assessments of risk. However, the picture regarding child neglect assessment
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Tackling the ‘normalisation of neglect’: Messages from child protection reviews in England Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Julie Taylor, Jonathan Dickens, Joanna Garstang, Laura Cook, Nutmeg Hallett, Eleanor Molloy
Despite a history of critique, concentrated discussion and improved assessment processes, neglect continues to be a major challenge for child protection services. This paper draws on findings from a government-commissioned analysis of ‘serious case reviews’ (SCRs) in England, arising from incidents of serious child abuse in 2017–2019. There were 235 cases, for which 166 final reports were available
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-07-07
No abstract is available for this article.
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Public health nurses' assessment of the background factors of familicide Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Marianne Ellilä, Eija Paavilainen, Anna Liisa Aho
The purpose of this study was to describe public health nurses' assessment of the background factors of familicide, factors that promote or prevent identification of these factors and familicide-related education. The researchers sought to provide information that would help public health nurses recognise and prevent family tragedies as well as the development of education. Public health nurses (n = 85)
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Qatari mothers’ beliefs in child disciplinary methods and their reported use: A cross-sectional study Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Madeeha Kamal, Samer Ali, Soha Dargham, Ziyad Mahfoud, Margaret A. Lynch, Marcellina Mian
Violent child discipline is a widespread phenomenon that can have devastating short- and long-term consequences for an individual's physical, mental and social wellbeing. Parents' beliefs and expressed ideas about child discipline, both violent and non-violent, can differ from their practice. This study identifies which disciplinary methods Qatari mothers believe to be the most successful in changing
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-05-10
No abstract is available for this article.
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A qualitative study of the perspectives of designated safeguarding leads responding to child protection concerns in fee-paying schools Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Claudia Bernard, Tom Greenwood, Tom Henri
This article explores the experiences and perspectives of designated safeguarding leads (DSL) in fee-paying schools to better understand how they engage affluent parents when there are safeguarding and child protection concerns. The research employed a roundtable data gathering methodology, with 33 DSLs from a range of fee-paying schools in southern England participating in the study. A primary objective
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Friends and safeguarding: Young people's views about safety and to whom they would share safety concerns Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Douglas H. Russell, Daryl J. Higgins
Child sexual abuse prevention strategies typically focus on teaching children ‘protective behaviours’, including telling a ‘trusted adult’. However, disclosure rates are low, and we know little about who they tell. We analysed data from over 3400 young people aged 10–18. After viewing hypothetical unsafe scenarios involving either an adult or peer, participants were asked whether – and whom – they
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A review of safeguarding in grassroots football: Children and young people's perspectives Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Claire Monk
In 2021, Birmingham County Football Association (BCFA) in partnership with Newman University carried out a quantitative online review to assess coaches, volunteers, parents and young people's understanding of safeguarding information, policies and procedures in relation to football. This paper examines the findings from the children (aged 5–11) and young people (aged 12–17) using the Six Principles
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Knowledge, attitudes, views and experiences of fathers toward child sexual abuse: A mixed-method study Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Vildan Apaydin Cirik, Elif Bulut, Bahar Aksoy
This study aims to evaluate (i) the knowledge levels and attitudes of fathers toward child sexual abuse (CSA), (ii) factors influencing their knowledge and attitudes, and (iii) views on the CSA, using a sequential exploratory mixed method and a cross-sectional and phenomenological approach. The quantitative stage was conducted with the fathers of 258 children in a public primary school in Turkey between
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The protective power of friendship, advocacy and activism: A short report on the experiences of Who Cares? members and allies Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Marissa Roxburgh, Thomas Bartlett, Donna Nicholas
Friendship is valued by most children and young people around the world. In research on happiness, it is often identified as an essential ingredient for a happy life. In this short report we go further by exploring the importance of friendship as an ingredient in advocacy and activism. The report is written by two care experienced young people and two adult allies. The report explores how friendship
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Children's Human Rights to ‘Participation’ and ‘Protection’: Rethinking the relationship using Barnahus as a case example Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-03-26 Mary Mitchell, Laura Lundy, Louise Hill
The relationship between children's human rights to protection and to what is commonly referred to as ‘participation’ has received significant attention, with many scholars critiquing the purported tension between the two approaches and demonstrating how child participation should be a core feature of child protection. Less attention has been paid to the converse and, we argue, essential precursor
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Associations between adverse childhood experiences and non-parental care placement among head start-eligible low-income children Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Kyunghee Lee
The aim of this study is to determine if adverse childhood experience (ACE) is a predictor for non-parental care status based on the Head Start Impact Study data. ACEs consisted of parental alcohol/drug use, depression, neglectful parenting practices, family violence and single parenthood. Children's non-parental care status was based on whether children lived in a placement away from their biological
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‘From their own words’: A co-produced study interpreting children and young people's experiences of emotional abuse and neglect expressed in anonymous, online peer-peer message forums Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Vanessa Bennett, Chloe Gill, Pam Miller, Clara Sayers, , Jane V. Appleton
This naturalistic study researched online help-seeking conversations between children and young people (CYP) experiencing emotional abuse and/or neglect and their peers. We believe this is the first study internationally to perform such research. Engagement with anonymous, online communities potentially offer children a source of knowledge and a platform to express and understand their experiences
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Pharyngeal trauma: When to suspect physical abuse Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Sarah Passmore, Sophia Grant, Reena Isaac, Amy D. Hendrix-Dicken
Paediatric pharyngeal trauma is common and frequently occurs after falls or other accidents. Children with these injuries typically present to emergency departments with drooling, respiratory distress, stridor and hematemesis. Although most cases of pharyngeal trauma are minor, some can have rare, life-threatening complications.
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Trauma-informed care in childcare organisations to support children exposed to child maltreatment: Joint conclusions of four European countries Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Serafine Dierickx, Elisa Bisagno, Dóra Varga-Sabján, Dorottya Morva, Zane Linde-Ozola, Noémi László, Alessia Cadamuro, Dima Bou Mosleh, Mónika Rózsa, Giovanna Laura De Fazio, Andrea Gruber, Annija Kandāte, Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorien Wuyts
Trauma-informed care is emerging as a promising good practice to recognise, treat and prevent trauma in young children. The use of trauma-informed care in childcare organisations might have a positive impact on children who suffer from child maltreatment. The current study organised desk research and focus group discussions with professional experts in Latvia, Italy, Hungary and Belgium to assess if
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Speak out, stay safe: Including children with special educational needs and disabilities in an evaluation of an abuse prevention programme Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Berni Kelly, Nicola Farrelly, Farwa Batool, Zain Kurdi, Nicky Stanley
This paper reports on the evaluation of an integrated violence and abuse prevention programme for children aged 5–11, focusing on children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Speak Out Stay Safe (SOSS) programme was delivered in mainstream primary schools across the UK. A small-scale study of children with SEND nested within the larger evaluation captured their understandings
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Child sexual abuse reported by adult survivors: Legal responses in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia By Sinéad Ring, Kate Gleeson, Kim Stevenson, Routledge New York. 2022. pp. 338. £130.00 (hbk); £29.24 (ebook). ISBN: 978138605350 Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Joseph Mooney
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT There are no conflicts of interest.
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HIV biomedical approaches among sexual minority men with childhood sexual abuse histories: A systematic review Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Roberta E. Emetu, Patricia Hernandez, Jessica Dawodu, Carmen Saunders-Russell
Men who have sex with men (MSM) report childhood sexual abuse (CSA) at higher rates than heterosexual men. The literature has established a clear association between CSA and sexual risk taking. Biomedical HIV preventative approaches are effective tools for reducing HIV acquisition. Since many studies are conducted on MSM broadly, the objective of this review was to examine outcomes of studies on MSM
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-28
No abstract is available for this article.
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‘Letting you share when you need to share’: navigating the potential and precarity of friends and peers for UK young people after sexual abuse in adolescence Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Camille Warrington, Debra Allnock, Claire Soares, Helen Beckett, Lindsay Starbuck
This article explores the rarely considered role of friends and peers supporting young people after sexual abuse experienced in adolescence, drawing on participatory research with 32 young people in the UK with lived experience. The article considers ways in which relationships with friends and peers interplay with recovery from abuse. This includes friends and peers as recipients of disclosure, conduits
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Using self-report surveys in schools to study violence in alternative care: A methodological approach Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Noora Ellonen, Tarja Pösö, Laura Mielityinen, Eija Paavilainen
In this article we explore a Finnish nationally representative self-report survey (N = 155, 299) conducted in a school as a tool to advance the study of violence in alternative care. By analysing the survey, we were able to provide plausible prevalence and estimates of risk factors of violence in alternative care, suggesting that self-report surveys conducted in schools are a useful and valid methodology
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Child protection pathways for newborn infants: A multi-disciplinary retrospective chart review of an Irish maternity hospital’s records Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Elinor Jenkins, Maria Corbett, Anna Breen, Kerri O'Brien, Caoimhe Cooney, Robert McGrath, Emma Flynn, Martin White
In Ireland, little is known about mothers and infants where child welfare and protection concerns arise during the perinatal period. This study explores, for the first time, perinatal child protection. A retrospective audit was carried out of a large maternity hospital's medical social work, neonatal and psychiatric files for a five-year period from 2016 to 2020. The study identified 99 children, born
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Disorganized attachment, mentalization and dissociation in context of childhood trauma: Implications for depressive symptoms Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Aleksandra Bogdanović, Milica Tošić Radev, Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević
Extensive evidence indicates that adults with experience of childhood trauma and disorganised attachment are at a higher risk of suffering from depressive symptoms, while at the same time dissociation and mentalisation are very important risk and protective factors in this relation. Although mentalisation and dissociation are mentioned as potential mediators of this relationship, very few studies have
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Giving HOPE and minimising trauma: An intervention to support women who are separated from their babies at birth due to safeguarding concerns Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Claire Mason, Harriet Ward, Karen Broadhurst
Whatever the circumstances, the separation of infants from their mothers at birth is a traumatic experience for all concerned. The paper reports on a study designed to improve practice in this highly sensitive area. An analysis of data collected through semi-structured interviews with 38 mothers who had experienced removal at birth identified four common themes: isolation and unacknowledged support
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Subsequent child protection contact for a cohort of children reported to child protection prenatally in one Australian jurisdiction Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Olivia Octoman, Fiona Arney, Jenna Meiksans, Rosemaria Flaherty, Alwin Chong, Fiona Ward, Cathy Taylor
Repeated reporting to child protection is common. One approach to early intervention is for jurisdictions to receive and respond to child protection concerns raised before children are born. Despite this, little research has comprehensively examined subsequent child protection contact for those first reported prenatally. This study aimed to examine the subsequent child protection contact for up to
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Narrative and fixed-field Data: Are we underestimating the risk of family and domestic violence? Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Olivia Octoman, Sarah Cox, Fiona Arney, Alwin Chong, Ebony Tucker
INTRODUCTION Family and domestic violence (FDV) has increasingly been recognised as a major societal issue globally (World Health Organisation, 2021). As research continues to highlight the nature and extent of FDV, growing attention has turned to the impact of FDV on children and young people's safety and wellbeing, highlighting that those exposed to FDV experience a multitude of long-term internalising
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A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Elisa Bisagno, Alessia Cadamuro, Serafine Dierickx, Dima Bou Mosleh, Zane Linde-Ozola, Annija Kandāte, Dora Varga-Sabjan, Dorottya Morva, Noemi Laszlo, Monika Rozsa, Andrea Gruber, Giovanna Laura De Fazio, Dorien Wuyts, Johanna M. C. Blom
Framed within the European project ECLIPS (Enhancing the Capacity to combat chiLd abuse through an Integral training and Protocol for childcare professionalS), this study aims at understanding the needs related to the screening and referral of child maltreatment by childcare professionals working with children aged 0–3 in daycare settings of four European countries (Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Latvia)
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Child protection during the perinatal period: Innovation in assessment and practice Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Harriet Ward, Jane Barlow
An optimal caregiving environment during the perinatal period is critical for healthy development. The first 1000 days (from conception until the second birthday) are now widely recognised as a time of extensive neurobiological and psychosocial development that lay down the foundations for children's subsequent trajectories and future life chances (Marmot, 2021). National and international bodies have
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The TSPCAN project: A qualitative evaluation with undergraduate students trained in child abuse prevention in Turkey Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Fevziye Dolunayğ-Cuğ, Gökçe Yılmaz-Akdoğan, Orhan Derman, Özge Şahin, Figen Dağlı Şahin, Figen Paslı, Emre Güngör, Bahar Gökler
Organising primary prevention programs for child abuse and neglect is among the key responsibilities of the Turkish Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (TSPCAN). TSPCAN conducted a project which provided university students who in the future may encounter individuals with child abuse experiences with guidance with regards to a child abuse prevention program. The aim of this study was
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PEGASE Program: Identification of babies in the child protection system at risk of developmental delays or disorders and the implementation of a ‘supra-optimal’ care pathway Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Emmanuelle Toussaint, Daniel Rousseau
The importance of the first three years of life for children's development and the consequences for their general health in adulthood have been widely documented in the international literature, including the benefits of early identification and intervention programs. Additionally, convergent research has highlighted wide-ranging negative trajectories attributable to both the short and long-term consequences
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Can childbearing and marriage of underage girls be prevented? A study of population data in Turkey Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-12-05 Burak Gümüş, Ömer Özer, Ahmet Özgür Doğru, Sadık Toprak
All over the world, poor and illiterate girls living in rural areas are at higher risk of becoming underage marriage than well-educated girls living in cities. Early marriages exacerbate inequalities between females and males in society and violate children's and women's rights. This study aimed to demonstrate temporal changes in the prevalence of child marriage and underage childbearing in Turkey
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Adverse childhood experiences: Pathways to internalising and externalising problems in young adulthood Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Aitana Gomis-Pomares, Lidón Villanueva
Although adverse childhood experiences have been closely linked to a variety of adjustment difficulties in adulthood, less is known about which specific adverse experience or combinations of experiences are differentially predictive of internalising and externalising problems. This would undoubtedly enhance early adverse childhood experiences prevention and intervention programmes. Therefore, this
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An intensive perinatal mentalisation-based intervention for women at risk of child removal and the role of restorative relationships Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Ana Fernandez Jondec, Jane Barlow
Pregnant women with a history of child removal are at greater risk of being found unsuitable to care for their new babies. Neglect, showing a lack of capacity to provide for the child's physical and/or emotional needs, is the most frequent reason why infants are removed from their parents' care. Parents with a history of child removal have often been themselves subject to maltreatment as children and
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School-based interventions to reduce teacher violence against children: a systematic review Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Ella Baumgarten, Mark Simmonds, Amanda J. Mason-Jones
Whilst teacher violence against children at school is a significant global issue, it remains a form of child abuse that is rarely explored. The aim of this study was to systematically review the global literature on the effectiveness of school-based interventions to reduce teacher violence against children. MEDLINE, Embase, ASSIA, CINAHL Complete, ERIC and clinical trials.gov databases were searched
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When quantity takes on a quality of its own: A retrospective exploration of the lived experience of cumulative harm Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 India Bryce, Gavin Beccaria, Peter McIlveen, Jan Du Preez
Cumulative harm refers to the effects of an accumulation of adverse experiences in a child's life. An understanding of cumulative harm and its integration into practice frameworks, legislation, policy and service delivery is hailed as an imperative of critical social concern and has been demanded by researchers, practitioners, commissioners and coroners. However, there is minimal research exploring
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Issue Information Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-11
No abstract is available for this article.
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Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Faustine Bwire Masath, Mabula Nkuba, Tobias Hecker
Using a multi-informant approach, we assessed 914 children (mean age = 12.58 years, standard deviation [SD] = 1.43) and 893 caregivers (98.3 per cent female, mean age = 40.07 years, SD = 11.46) in Tanzania. Results showed that 93.3 per cent (n = 828/893) of caregivers reported using violent discipline, while 91.0 per cent (n = 832/914) of the children experienced it in their families. Further, 95.0
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Development of a framework for classifying threat and neglect in childhood: A qualitative study Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Joseph L. Betts, Tamara Ownsworth, Sharon Dawe
Quantification of childhood adversity has typically involved a cumulative risk approach in which total number of discrete adversities serves as an index of overall risk. However, this approach fails to account for the growing evidence of differential outcomes following exposure to childhood adversities. An alternative approach adopts a dimensional perspective, with growing evidence for distinct developmental
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A review of the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect: Insights from scoping reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Guy C. M. Skinner, Paul W. B. Bywaters, Eilis Kennedy
An up-to-date and accurate picture of the evidence on the impact of poverty is a necessary element of the debate about the future direction of children's social care services internationally. The purpose of this paper is to update evidence about the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect (CAN) published since a previous report in 2016 (Bywaters et al., 2016). A systematic search was
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Editorial Child Abuse Review (IF 2.086) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Lisa Bunting, Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
UPDATE FROM THE EDITORS This is the final issue of Child Abuse Review for 2022 as well as the end of our first year as co-editors of the journal. It has been a busy year, for us as editors and for the journal itself, and we are pleased to report there have been some significant achievements. Most notably, 2022 has seen a significant increase in the journal impact factor from 1.345 to 2.086, taking