Studies in other countries, including countries with mandated reporting by professionals and
a long history of recognition of the problem, have found child abuse to be seriously under …

Background Child abuse is a major concern in India with frequent reports of extreme
maltreatment and fatalities. A dearth of robust and methodologically sound studies has …

OBJECTIVES: To describe increased child abuse and neglect (CAN) reporting and the
characteristics of the reports in the context of the development of a system of intervention for …

Purpose The aim of this study is to find out the overall prevalence rates for the major forms of
abuse among adolescents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the differences in prevalence …

Very few studies focus on childhood abuse in developing countries and only a small fraction
of such studies explicitly deal with abuse in a school environment. The purpose of this study …

Abuse during childhood is a human tragedy leading to lifelong adverse health, social, and
economic consequences for survivors. This descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed to …

Objectives: To describe the family profile of child abuse and neglect (CAN) subjects in Saudi
Arabia. Methods: Data were collected retrospectively between July 2009 and December …

Background Child abuse is a recognized public health and social problem worldwide. Using
data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) we aimed to (i) compare different …

Objectives Child maltreatment through physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse,
neglect, and exposure to domestic violence, causes substantial adverse health, educational …

OBJECTIVES: To gain consensus among an ethnically and linguistically diverse group of
international child protection experts on the structure and content of a new survey tool for …