Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries Ruth Gilbert, John Fluke, Melissa O'Donnell, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Marni Brownell, Pauline Gulliver, Staffan Janson, Peter Sidebotham
By: Gilbert, Ruth
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Contributor(s): Fluke, John | O'Donnell, Melissa | Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Arturo | Brownell, Marni | Janson, Staffan | Sidebotham, Peter | Gulliver, Pauline.
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ArticleSeries: The Lancet.Publisher: Elsevier, 2012Subject(s): CHILD PROTECTION | CHILD MALTREATMENT | INTERVENTION | CHILD ABUSE | NEW ZEALAND | SWEDEN | UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED STATES | CANADAOnline resources: Access abstract online | Read news item
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The Lancet, 2012; 379(9817): 758-72Summary: This article in The Lancet cites New Zealand as one of six countries where there has been no clear evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment over the past two decades. The research team, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, University College London, used three indicators of indicators; violent deaths in children, injuries related to maltreatment, and involvement with child protection agencies to assess child maltreatment in New Zealand, England, Sweden, the USA, Western Australia and Manitoba in Canada. The authors state, “These analyses draw attention to the need for robust research to establish whether the high and rising rates of agency contacts and out-of-home care in some settings are effectively reducing child maltreatment”.
The research has been summarised in a New Zealand Herald report with comments from contributing author and University of Otago research fellow Dr Pauline Gulliver. Follow the Read news item link to read the NZ Herald article.
The Lancet, 2012; 379(9817): 758-72
This article in The Lancet cites New Zealand as one of six countries where there has been no clear evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment over the past two decades. The research team, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, University College London, used three indicators of indicators; violent deaths in children, injuries related to maltreatment, and involvement with child protection agencies to assess child maltreatment in New Zealand, England, Sweden, the USA, Western Australia and Manitoba in Canada. The authors state, “These analyses draw attention to the need for robust research to establish whether the high and rising rates of agency contacts and out-of-home care in some settings are effectively reducing child maltreatment”.
The research has been summarised in a New Zealand Herald report with comments from contributing author and University of Otago research fellow Dr Pauline Gulliver. Follow the Read news item link to read the NZ Herald article.
