Caring for young adolescent sexual abuse victims in a hospital-based children's advocacy center

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1119-1126

  Edinburgh, Laurel ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth ^b   Levitt, Carolyn ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Children's Advocacy Centers; Legal outcomes; Medical evaluations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD ADVOCACY; CRIME VICTIMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MINNESOTA; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 56949103633     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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