Trends in child maltreatment: authors' reply - correspondence 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 | TRENDS | DATA COLLECTION | CHILD ABUSE | NEW ZEALAND | SWEDEN | UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED STATES | CANADAOnline resources: Access abstract online | Original article abstract
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The Lancet, 2012 (Jun 2), 379(9831): 2049Summary: The authors respond to correspondence on an article in The Lancet (25 Feb 2012) which cited 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 correspondence is at p. 2048 of the 2 June 2012 issue. A link to the original article is provided.
The Lancet, 2012 (Jun 2), 379(9831): 2049
The authors respond to correspondence on an article in The Lancet (25 Feb 2012) which cited 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 correspondence is at p. 2048 of the 2 June 2012 issue. A link to the original article is provided.
