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

This handbook has been developed to support the creation of a surveillance system to
measure and monitor child maltreatment prevalence across European countries …

Background Estimating the prevalence of child maltreatment is challenging due to the
absence of a clear 'gold standard'as to what constitutes maltreatment. This systematic review …

In this review, we combine and compare the results of a series of meta‐analyses on the
prevalence of child sexual, physical and emotional abuse and physical and emotional …

Insight into the effects of methodological characteristics on reported child maltreatment
prevalence rates can facilitate the interpretation of results of previous studies and improve …

Background Representative data about the frequency of child maltreatment is needed in
order to estimate the extent of the problem in the wider population as well as to provide the …

Background Studies show considerable variability in the definitions and operationalization
of child maltreatment (CM), which limits research, policy formation, surveillance, and cross …

Objectives To estimate the prevalence in Australia of each type of child maltreatment; to
identify gender‐and age group‐related differences in prevalence. Design, setting Cross …

Background Child maltreatment affects a significant number of children globally. Strategies
have been developed to identify children suspected of having been exposed to …

Child maltreatment research varies considerably in how maltreatment is measured.
Although researchers have advocated for improvements in maltreatment assessment, a first …