The limitations of using statutory child protection data for research into child maltreatment

LM Bromfield, DJ Higgins - Australian Social Work, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Child protection legislation has undergone a number of changes since its inception,
changes that have redefined the population of children in need of protection. However, child …

Child abuse and mental disorders in Canada

TO Afifi, HL MacMillan, M Boyle, T Taillieu, K Cheung… - Cmaj, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Nationally representative Canadian data on the prevalence of child abuse and
its relation with mental disorders are lacking. We used contemporary, nationally …

Exploration of trends in the incidence and prevalence of childhood maltreatment and domestic abuse recording in UK primary care: a retrospective cohort study using ' …

JS Chandan, KM Gokhale, C Bradbury-Jones… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Describe the epidemiology of childhood maltreatment and domestic abuse (in
women). Design Analysis of longitudinal records between 1 January 1995 to 31 December …

The disease burden of childhood adversities in adults: a population-based study

P Cuijpers, F Smit, F Unger, Y Stikkelbroek… - Child abuse & …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: There is much evidence showing that childhood adversities have
considerable effects on the mental and physical health of adults. It could be assumed …

Child maltreatment in the “Children of the Nineties:” deprivation, class, and social networks in a UK sample

P Sidebotham, J Heron, J Golding… - Child abuse & …, 2002 - Elsevier
Aim: To determine risk factors for child maltreatment within the socio-economic environment
of a contemporary UK child population. Methods: The research is based on a large cohort …

Association between childhood maltreatment and the prevalence and complexity of multimorbidity: A cross-sectional analysis of 157,357 UK Biobank participants

P Hanlon, M McCallum, BD Jani… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Child maltreatment is associated with long-term conditions (LTCs) in
adulthood. Its relationship to multimorbidity (≥ 2 LTCs) is less clear. We explore the …

Childhood maltreatment and poor functional outcomes at the transition to adulthood: A comparison of prospective informant-and retrospective self-reports of …

RM Latham, E Quilter, L Arseneault, A Danese… - Social psychiatry and …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Growing evidence suggests that prospective informant-reports and retrospective
self-reports of childhood maltreatment may be differentially associated with adult …

Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries

R Gilbert, CS Widom, K Browne, D Fergusson, E Webb… - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Child maltreatment remains a major public-health and social-welfare problem in high-
income countries. Every year, about 4–16% of children are physically abused and one in ten …

Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment in the USA: a retrospective cohort study

NK Moog, PD Cummings, KL Jackson… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with adverse health outcomes and this
risk can be transmitted to the next generation. We aimed to investigate the association …