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

Abstract Background The third Netherlands' Prevalence study of Maltreatment of children
and youth (NPM-2017) continues the tradition of periodically mapping the national …

Background Population-representative surveys that assess childhood maltreatment and
health are a valuable resource to explore the implications of child maltreatment for …

Methods: A search was conducted of relevant online databases for articles published from
January 2000 through March 2016 reporting on population-representative data measuring …

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

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

The prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands was in 2005 first systematically
examined in the Netherlands' Prevalence study on Maltreatment of children and youth (NPM …

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 …

Child maltreatment is a major public health problem, affecting at least 55 million children in
the WHO European Region. The impact of abuse and/or neglect in childhood is detrimental …