Making the Most of Clinical Encounters: Prevention of Child Abuse and Maltreatment

Child abuse is a public health concern with great costs to children, families, and society. Prevention of child abuse and maltreatment is an important clinical skill. Providers can take advantage of the opportunity to offer prevention interventions in the health care setting. Identification of risk...

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Published inThe Pediatric clinics of North America Vol. 67; no. 3; p. 481
Main Authors Ashraf, Iram J, Pekarsky, Alicia R, Race, JoAnne E, Botash, Ann S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2020
Subjects
Parenting
Sexual abuse
Child maltreatment
Neglect
Sentinel injuries
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Summary:Child abuse is a public health concern with great costs to children, families, and society. Prevention of child abuse and maltreatment is an important clinical skill. Providers can take advantage of the opportunity to offer prevention interventions in the health care setting. Identification of risk factors and signs and symptoms of abuse, referral to local resources, parenting education, and application of the public health prevention framework should be integrated into clinical encounters. Identification of sentinel injuries enables tertiary interventions to save lives. Primary interventions during early childhood using effective parenting programs has been shown to reduce child maltreatment.
ISSN:1557-8240
DOI:10.1016/j.pcl.2020.02.004