Active surveillance of child abuse fatalities
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Child homicide and neglect in France: 1991-2008
2014, Child Abuse and NeglectCitation Excerpt :These studies suggest that boys are more likely to be victimized because they are more likely to fidget and so be more exhausting to their care taker. Reports showed, however, that the majority of victims were female (Lyman et al., 2003; Schloesser et al., 1992). In our series, most child homicide cases were filicide involving one or both parents, in accordance with international publications (Adinkrah, 2000, 2003; Brewster et al., 1998; Cavanagh, Dobash, & Dobash, 2007; Dean, 2004; Gad El-Hak et al., 2009; Harris, Hilton, Rice, & Eke, 2007; Lucas et al., 2002; Lyman et al., 2003; Schmidt et al., 1996; Somander & Rammer, 1991; Stanton & Simpson, 2002; Vanamo et al., 2001; Yasumi & Kageyama, 2009).
Child maltreatment deaths in the U.S. National Child Death Review Case Reporting System
2014, Child Abuse and NeglectCitation Excerpt :Although community systems such as law enforcement, courts, public health, child welfare, and health care each respond to cases as they arise, they are not designed to accurately ascertain the correct numbers of victims across systems or to address broader issues of risk factors and prevention. Public health surveillance has been suggested as a means to more correctly identify and respond to child maltreatment fatalities (Schloesser, Pierpont, & Poertner, 1992; Smith et al., 2011), and several U.S. states began aggregating information about child homicide and linking data across systems (Fujiwara et al., 2009; Klevens & Leeb, 2010; Lyman et al., 2003; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). Local multidisciplinary community reviews of child deaths have been identified as a key source of information for enhanced case identification and response (Bennett et al., 2006; Christian, Sege, and the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, & Council on Community Pediatrics, 2010; Jenny & Isaac, 2006; National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths [NCRPCD], 2010; Onwuachi-Saunders, Forjuoh, West, & Brooks, 1999).
Using capture-recapture methods to better ascertain the incidence of fatal child maltreatment
2010, Child Abuse and NeglectCitation Excerpt :Several alternatives have been proposed, including using child death review teams (CDRTs) as a form of active surveillance, reconciliation audits with CDRTs, or an expert panel as a “relative gold standard” (Schnitzer et al., 2008). Active surveillance of CM fatalities has several potential limitations such as cost (Schloesser, Pierpont, & Poertner, 1992). Since all existing data sources have limitations (e.g., differing definitions), an analysis using multiple sources has the potential to better estimate CM deaths.
The murder of children by fathers in the context of child abuse
2007, Child Abuse and NeglectIntra-familial child homicide in Finland 1970-1994: Incidence, causes of death and demographic characteristics
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