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AAP Grand Rounds 14:70 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Abuse, Neglect Risk Increased in Children With Disabilities

Source: Spencer N, Devereux E, Wallace A, et al. Disabling conditions and registration for child abuse and neglect: a population-based study. Pediatrics. 2005;116:609–613.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Investigators from West Sussex, United Kingdom, have published the first whole population cohort risk analysis of abuse and neglect among children with disabling conditions. The analysis was performed by linking vital record data for 119,729 children, representing 76% of births registered in this region from 1983 through 2001, with registries of disabling conditions (cerebral palsy; autism; sensory disorders; and moderate or severe conduct disorders, non-conduct psychological problems, and speech and language disorders) and substantiated investigations of child abuse and neglect (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect) registered from 1986 through 2003. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were calculated comparing the risk of any . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Betty Spivack, MD, FAAP
Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, and the Medical Examiner Division of the Kentucky Cabinet for Justice and Public Safety, Louisville, KY