Reported contact with child protection services among those reporting child physical and sexual abuse: Results from a community survey

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1397-1408

  MacMillan, Harriet L ^a   Jamieson, Ellen ^a   Walsh, Christine A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Reporting; Services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0344120238     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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