Effects of systematic screening and detection of child abuse in emergency departments

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-464

  Louwers, Eveline C F M ^a,b   Korfage, Ida J ^a   Affourtit, Marjo J ^b   Scheewe, Dop J H ^c   Van De Merwe, Marjolijn H ^d   Vooijs Moulaert, Anne Françoise S R ^e   Van Den Elzen, Annette P M ^f   Jongejan, Mieke H T M ^g   Ruige, Madelon ^h   Manaï, Badies H A N ^b   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Bosschaart, Adriaan N ^f   Teeuw, Arianne H ⁱ   Moll, Henriëtte A ^b   De Koning, Harry J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Advies en Meldpunt Kindermishandeling Zuid Holland   (Netherlands)

^e Rivas Zorggroep Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis ^*  (Switzerland)

^g SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^h JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Emergency service; Hospital; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCAPE FORM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE TRAINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84865714417     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3527     Document Type: Article

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