Child Maltreatment: A Public Health Overview and Prevention Considerations

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• Alternative Title:
  Online J Issues Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Merrick, Melissa T. ; Latzman, Natasha E.
• Description:
  Child maltreatment (CM) is a significant public health problem, affecting hundreds of millions of children globally. CM has been linked to a variety of short- and long-term health consequences, including poor physical and mental health, changes to brain architecture and development, altered biological factors, reduced cognitive ability and educational achievement, and impaired psychosocial functioning. This article will define and describe the various types of CM and its epidemiology from a public health perspective that considers incidence, prevalence, and consequences. The authors discuss risk and protective factors and approaches for the prevention of CM, including key considerations for nurses to help identify potential victims and provide treatment and/or referrals.
• Subjects:
  Child Child Abuse Humans Incidence Nursing Diagnosis Prevalence Public Health Risk Factors
• Keywords:
  Brain Development Child Maltreatment Long Term Health Protective Factors Risk Factors Short Term Health
• Source:
  Online J Issues Nurs. 19(1):2
• Pubmed ID:
  26812199
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11157634
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8363fa437db3001fe865aaef3cb83d84a2716a9688a78925df738fce7535de11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157935/cdc_157935_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 101.61 KB ]