Education and healthcare professionals are crucial in detecting and reporting child abuse
and neglect. However, signs of child abuse are often undetected, and professionals tend to …

Background Public child healthcare doctors and nurses, and primary school teachers play a
pivotal role in the detection and reporting of child abuse, because they encounter almost all …

Child abuse is an increasing phenomenon globally and is divided into four dimensions:
physical, sexual, emotional and negligence. As in all countries in the world, child abuse is …

Introduction The accurate identification and appropriate investigation of child maltreatment is
a key priority for promoting the optimal health and development of children. Healthcare …

Background To identify facilitators of, and barriers to, screening for child abuse in
emergency departments (ED) through interviews with ED staff, members of the hospital …

Healthcare professionals working in community settings are well-placed to detect suspected
child maltreatment cases. Yet, child maltreatment presents particular diagnostic challenges …

Abstract Background Family physicians (FPs) have a central role in the detection and
management of child abuse. According to the literature, only 2–5% of initial reports of child …

The present study focuses on the way child protection officers (CPOs) in Israel assess
suspected abuse and neglect (SCAN) reports made by hospital child protection teams …

Background For health professionals who interact professionally with children, adequate
awareness and training regarding the clinical indicators of child abuse and neglect, as well …

In 2015, 523 reports of suspected child abuse and neglect (CAN) were brought to the
attention of the Confidential Center of Child Abuse and Neglect (CCCAN) of Brussels …