PMID: 11330920May 2, 2001Paper

Referrals to a hospital-based child abuse committee: a comparison of the 1960s and 1990s

Child Abuse & Neglect
D E ThomasE Friedlaender

Abstract

Although reports of child maltreatment have increased yearly since national data were first collected in 1976, little information is available about changes in the characteristics of children reported. Therefore, to examine changes over time in recognition and reporting in a medical setting, we compared referrals to a hospital-based child abuse committee in the late 1960s and early 1990s. Retrospective, cross-sectional review of medical records and logs of the hospital's child abuse committee. Ambulatory, emergency, and inpatient services at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Medical records were reviewed for 101 of the 165 children referred to the child abuse committee in 1968-1969 (early group) and 107 of the 843 children referred in 1990-1991 (late group). Cases of sexual abuse were excluded. Referrals for nonsexual abuse cases increased from 80 children per year in the early group to 181.5 per year in the late group; the late group was characterized by a larger number of newborn referrals (1% vs. 52%, p < .001). When non-newborns were compared, the two groups were similar with respect to gender and race, but the late group had fewer patients with private insurance (31% vs. 12%, p < .05). The late group also had more female-headed hou...Continue Reading

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Jul 1, 2010·Pediatrics·Caroline J KistinJohn M Leventhal
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