The dollars and senselessness in failing to prioritize childhood maltreatment prevention

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-161

  Wekerle, Christine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment prevention; Maltreatment related cost; Maltreatment related impairment; Policy implications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955032394     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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