Household Composition and Risk of Fatal Child Maltreatment

Stiffman, Michael; Schnitzer, Patricia G.; Adam, Patricia; Kruse, Robin L.; Ewigman, Bernard

doi:10.1542/peds.109.4.615

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“…125,126,127 In relation to fatal child maltreatment, a number of parental characteristics recur, including young maternal age, low level of maternal education, family size, previous abuse, unemployment, parental mental ill-health and substance misuse, domestic violence, and increased parental stress (Panel 5). [128][129] …”

Section: Parental and Wider Social Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…135,139 Non-fatal maltreatment in a child is, in itself, a recognised risk factor both for later fatal maltreatment, and for other causes of mortality including accidental deaths. 129,130,130 A past history of maltreatment, including emotional and sexual abuse, is a recognised finding in many cases of adolescent suicide, as is social isolation and peer victimisation. 140 …”

Section: Panel 5: Social Factors Affecting Child Maltreatment Fatalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding why children die in high-income countries

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Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. AbstractThrough a structured narrative review of the literature, we have identified a wide range of factors influencing child and adolescent mortality in high income countries. These can be conceptualised within the four domains of intrinsic factors, the physical environment, the social environment, and service delivery factors. The most prominent factors in the literature are socio-economic gradients, although the mechanisms through which these gradients exert their effects are complex, affecting all four domains, and often poorly understood. While some factors are relatively fixed, including the child's gender, age, ethnicity and inherent genetic make-up, some parental characteristics, and some wider 3 environmental conditions, others may be amenable to interventions that could lessen risks and help to prevent future child deaths. A number of examples of systemic health service factors that may impact child survival are given, along with interventions such as modifications to the physical or social environmental that may impact more distal factors.

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Section: Parental and Wider Social Characteristicsmentioning

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Section: Panel 5: Social Factors Affecting Child Maltreatment Fatalitiesmentioning

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“…As for men, they make up the large majority of alleged perpetrators of family violence (79%), of IPV [1], and of physical abuse towards children [39]. This is all the more true in cases of severe physical abuse [40,41].…”

Section: Direction Of Violence and Impact On Parental Rolesmentioning

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Concerted Practice-Based Actions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence: When the Children’s Well-Being Is the Central Concern

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Abstract:In Canada, the exposure of children to intimate partner violence is, along with negligence, one of the most frequent forms of maltreatment. Intimate partner violence raises important issues with regard to child custody and to the exercising of parental roles. The aid provided for children exposed to intimate partner violence covers a range of programs, in particular community services specializing in intimate partner violence, frontline social and health services, and child protection. However, these resource services do not share the same missions, or the same understanding of the problems and possible solutions, since they often operate in parallel networks. The complex situations of families confronted with intimate partner violence present considerable challenges in terms of collaboration between the different organizations. Action research was employed to develop an innovative concertation strategy that fostered collaboration between practitioners from different family resource services. The strategy, which was implemented in the Québec City region between 2011 and 2013, was then evaluated. This article presents the results of this evaluation as OPEN ACCESSSoc. Sci. 2014, 3 651 well as the positive outcomes that the concertation strategy had for the practitioners' practice and for the improvement of family services.

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“…36,[39][40][41][42] Having a non-biologically related male living in a singlefemale-headed home is a risk factor for child maltreatment and for fatal child maltreatment. [43][44][45] Adult intimate partner violence and child maltreatment are closely linked. 46 Children who live with an adult victim of intimate partner violence are at an increased risk of being physically abused.…”

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The Pediatrician's Role in Child Maltreatment Prevention

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Pediatrics

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It is the pediatrician's role to promote the child's well-being and to help parents raise healthy, well-adjusted children. Pediatricians, therefore, can play an important role in the prevention of child maltreatment. Previous clinical reports and policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics have focused on improving the identification and management of child maltreatment. This clinical report outlines how the pediatrician can help to strengthen families and promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships with the aim of preventing maltreatment. After describing some of the triggers and factors that place children at risk for maltreatment, the report describes how pediatricians can identify family strengths, recognize risk factors, provide helpful guidance, and refer families to programs and other resources with the goal of strengthening families, preventing child maltreatment, and enhancing child development.

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Household Composition and Risk of Fatal Child Maltreatment

Abstract: Children living in households with 1 or more male adults that are not related to them are at increased risk for maltreatment injury death. This risk is not elevated for children living with a single parent, as long as no other adults live in the home.

Cited by 118 publications

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Understanding why children die in high-income countries

Understanding why children die in high-income countries

Concerted Practice-Based Actions in Intimate Partner and Family Violence: When the Children’s Well-Being Is the Central Concern

The Pediatrician's Role in Child Maltreatment Prevention

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