Research on child maltreatment epidemiology has primarily been focused on population
surveys with adult respondents. Far less attention has been paid to analyzing reported …

This paper reports on national estimates for past year child maltreatment from a national
household survey conducted in 2011. It also discusses the validity of such estimates in light …

Data sources for the development of credible estimates of the prevalence and incidence of
various forms of child maltreatment, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and …

. By had published their study delineating the different definitional (NCCAN, 1981)
operationally defined child maltreatment using a harm standard as observed by community …

Abstract provide a brief historical account of how the various societal, clinical, and academic
conceptions about child maltreatment have evolved/review national studies on the incidence …

Objective: To identify demographic, family, parent, and child factors prospectively associated
with risk for child abuse and neglect among families in the community, using data on child …

This article describes the methodology of the first Canada-wide study of the incidence and
characteristics of reported child abuse and neglect. Child welfare investigators from a …

Objective: To present key findings from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child
Maltreatment (CIS) in sufficient detail to provide a basis for international comparisons in …

Abstract Background In 1996, the ISPCAN Working Group on Child Maltreatment Data
(ISPCAN-WGCMD) was established to provide an international forum in which individuals …

This article examines the scope of the child maltreatment problem in the United States.
Representatives of child protective service agencies in each state and the District of …