This bulletin covers Child Protection issues concerning patients and clients aged 0-18 years, and should be of interest to staff working in these areas. Topics covered include general policy and clinical aspects of child welfare, child abuse, child neglect and child sexual abuse. This CAB is produced quarterly.
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Child abuse reporting requirements for professionals , NSPCC factsheet July 2014
Child Protection and The Anaesthetist , RCPCH guideline , July 2014
Safeguarding Children: Guidelines for Occupational Health Professionals , RCPCH guideline, May 2014
Anonymous A Short Psychosocial History of British Child Abuse and Protection: Case
Studies in Problems of Mourning in the Public Sphere. Journal of Social Work Practice.
2014:09:28(3) 271-285; 15p.
Anonymous History as tragedy, never as farce: tracing the long cultural narrative of child protection in England. Journal of Social Work Practice.
2014:09:28(3) 251-266; 16p.
Anonymous Reflective Supervision for Child Protection Practice – Reaching Beneath the
Surface. Journal of Social Work Practice.
2014:09:28(3) 343-356; 14p.
Anonymous Adoption and fostering in Scotland. ADOPTION FOSTERING.
2014:03:38(1)
76-79.
T. O. Afifi, H. L. MacMillan, M. Boyle, et al. Child abuse and mental disorders in Canada.
CMAJ.
2014:10 Jun 2014:186(9) E324-E332.
D. Barran. Effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse. The journal of family health care.
2014:Apr 2014:24(3) 10-12.
Richard Barth P. and Kyla Liggett-Creel. Common components of parenting programs for children birth to eight years of age involved with child welfare services. CHILD YOUTH
SERV REV . 2014:05:406-12.
Sarah Bearman Kate, Ann Garland F. and Sonja Schoenwald K. From practice to evidence in child welfare: Model specification and fidelity measurement of Team Decisionmaking.
CHILD YOUTH SERV REV . 2014:04:39153-159.
F. Brandstetter. 'The other side': Abuse and maltreatment of children and young people with disabilities. Dev.Med.Child Neurol.
2014:June 2014:56(6) 508.
Kim Brimhall C., Erica Lizano Leeanne and Michà Mor Barak lle E. The mediating role of inclusion: A longitudinal study of the effects of leader –member exchange and diversity
climate on job satisfaction and intention to leave among child welfare workers. CHILD
YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:05:4079-88.
Lydia Brown and Robin Sen. Improving Outcomes for Looked after Children: A Critical
Analysis of Kinship Care. PRACTICE . 2014:05:26(3) 161-180.
Lisa Bunting. Invisible Victims: Recorded Crime and Children in the UK. CHILD ABUSE
REV . 2014:05:23(3) 200-213.
Michael Camasso J. and Radha Jagannathan. The Social Outrage Routinization Process in
Child Protective Services (CPS) System: A Case Study. J POLICY PRACT.
2014:07:13(3)
177-199.
E. Chuang, R. Wells and G. A. Aarons. Identifying depression in a national sample of caregivers investigated in regard to their child's welfare. Psychiatric Services . 2014:01 Jul
2014:65(7) 911-917.
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Annette Coburn and Sinead Gormally. ‘They know what you are going through’: A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse. Journal of Youth Studies.
2014:05:17(5) 642-663.
Ricky Finzi-Dottan and Galit Harel. Parents' Potential for Child Abuse: An Intergenerational
Perspective. J.Fam.Violence.
2014:05:29(4) 397-408.
Shandra Forrest-Bank, Nicole Nicotera, Elizabeth Anthony, et al. Risk, Protection, and
Resilience Among Youth Residing in Public Housing Neighborhoods. CHILD ADOLESC
SOC WORK J.
2014:08:31(4) 295-314.
Antonio Garcia, Alan Puckett, Mark Ezell, et al. Three models of collaborative child protection: what is their influence on short stays in foster care? CHILD FAM SOC WORK.
2014:05:19(2) 125-135.
Abbie Goldbas. Childhood Obesity: Can It Really Be Child Neglect? INT J CHILDBIRTH
EDUC.
2014:04:29(2) 37-40.
Beth Green L., Catherine Ayoub, Jessica Bartlett Dym, et al. The effect of Early Head Start on child welfare system involvement: A first look at longitudinal child maltreatment outcomes. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:07:42127-135.
David Hayes and Trevor Spratt. Child Welfare as Child Protection Then and Now: What
Social Workers Did and Continue to Do. BR J SOC WORK . 2014:04:44(3) 615-635.
Lisa Holmes, John Landsverk, Harriet Ward, et al. Cost calculator methods for estimating casework time in child welfare services: A promising approach for use in implementation of evidence-based practices and other service innovations. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV .
2014:04:39169-176.
Kim Holt and Nancy Kelly. Administrative Decision Making in Child-Care Work: Exploring
Issues of Judgement and Decision Making in the Context of Human Rights, and Its
Relevance for Social Workers and Managers. BR J SOC WORK.
2014:06:44(4) 1011-1026.
Cindy Juby, William Downs and Barb Rindels. Intimate Partner Violence Victimization,
Maternal Child Maltreatment, and the Mediating Impact of Changes in Family Structure.
CHILD ADOLESC SOC WORK J.
2014:06:31(3) 237-249.
Canan Karatekin, Saahoon Hong, Kristine Piescher, et al. An evaluation of the effects of an integrated services program for multi-service use families on child welfare and educational outcomes of children. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:06:4116-26.
Raija Koskinen. One step further from detected contradictions in a child welfare unit —a constructive approach to communicate the needs of social work when implementing ICT in social services. EUR J SOC WORK.
2014:05:17(2) 266-280.
Katrin Kri ž and Marit Skivenes. Street-level policy aims of child welfare workers in England,
Norway and the United States: An exploratory study. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:05:4071-78.
Jean M. Kruzich, Joseph A. Mienko and Mark E. Courtney. Individual and work group influences on turnover intention among public child welfare workers: The effects of work group psychological safety. Children and Youth Services Review.
2014:07:4220-27.
Elizabeth LaMont. Vulnerable Children and Families: Voices from the National Landscape.
CHILD ADOLESC SOC WORK J.
2014:06:31(3) 251-265.
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B. Lee, W. Rha and B. Fallon. Physical abuse among asian families in the canadian child welfare system. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.
2014:28 May 2014:23(5)
532-551.
JoAnn S. Lee, Mark E. Courtney and Emiko Tajima. Extended foster care support during the transition to adulthood: Effect on the risk of arrest. Children and Youth Services Review.
2014:07:4234-42.
J. R. Lutzker, K. Guastaferro and D. J. Whitaker. MoreWork needed to protect children but promising trend data on exposure to violence. JAMA Pediatrics.
2014:June 2014:168(6)
512-514.
Elissa Madden E., Maria Scannapieco and Kirsten Painter. An examination of retention and length of employment among public child welfare workers. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:06:4137-44.
Kathryn Maguire-Jack. The role of prevention services in the county context of child maltreatment. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:08:4385-95.
Kathryn Maguire-Jack and Sarah Font A. Predicting recurrent maltreatment among high-risk families: Applying the Decision-Making Ecology Framework. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:08:4329-39.
Rebecca Mirick. Engagement in Child Protective Services: The Role of Substance Abuse,
Intimate Partner Violence and Race. CHILD ADOLESC SOC WORK J.
2014:06:31(3) 267-
279.
Rebecca Mirick G. The relationship between reactance and engagement in a child welfare sample. CHILD FAM SOC WORK.
2014:08:19(3) 333-342.
Thomas McDonald P., E. Mariscal S., Yueqi Yan, et al. Substance Use and Abuse for Youths in Foster Care: Results From the Communities That Care Normative Database. J CHILD
ADOLESC SUBST ABUSE . 2014:09:23(4) 262-268.
Suellen Murray and Cathy Humphreys. 'My life's been a total disaster but I feel privileged': care-leavers' access to personal records and their implications for social work practice.
CHILD FAM SOC WORK.
2014:05:19(2) 215-224.
Roslyn Myers K. Addressing Abuse at Any Age: Guidebook for Caregivers of Disabled
Children. VICTIMIZATION ELDERLY DISABLED.
2014:2014:17(2) 19-20.
K. Olson and K. K. Jacobson. The Importance of Assessing for Abuse and Neglect in
Children With Chronic Health Conditions Referred for Neuropsychological Evaluation.
Applied Neuropsychology: Child.
2014:January 2014:3(1) 66-72.
Rebecca Orsi, Ida Drury J. and Marc Mackert J. Reliable and valid: A procedure for establishing item-level interrater reliability for child maltreatment risk and safety assessments. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:08:4358-66.
Mary Poole Kathryn, David Seal W. and Catherine Taylor A. A systematic review of universal campaigns targeting child physical abuse prevention. Health Educ.Res.
2014:06:29(3) 388-
432.
Anne Robertson S. Child Welfare Assessment Practices in Scotland: An Ecological
Process Grounded in Relationship-Building . J PUBLIC CHILD WELF . 2014:2014:8(2) 164-
189.
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M. Robinson and S. Hanmer. Engaging Religious Communities to Protect Children From
Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation. Partnerships require analysis of religious virtues and harms. Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:April 2014:38(4) 600-611.
Anna Robson, Jill Cossar and Ethel Quayle. Critical Commentary: The Impact of Work-
Related Violence towards Social Workers in Children and Family Services. BR J SOC
WORK . 2014:06:44(4) 924-936.
Autumn Roesch-Marsh. Risk Assessment and Secure Accommodation Decision-Making in
Scotland: Taking Account of Gender? CHILD ABUSE REV.
2014:05:23(3) 214-226.
J. Scourfield. Improving work with fathers to prevent child maltreatment: Fathers should be engaged as allies in child abuse and neglect prevention. Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:June 2014:38(6) 974-981.
Tony Stanley and Marion Russell. The Principal Child and Family Social Worker: A Munro
Recommendation in Practice. PRACTICE . 2014:04:26(2) 81-96.
Ingunn Studsrød, Elisabeth Willumsen and Ingunn Ellingsen T. Parents' perceptions of contact with the Norwegian Child Welfare Services. CHILD FAM SOC WORK.
2014:08:19(3) 312-320.
Hilde Thrana Marie and Halvor Fauske. The emotional encounter with child welfare services: the importance of incorporating the emotional perspective in parents' encounters with child welfare workers. EUR J SOC WORK.
2014:05:17(2) 221-236.
C. S. Widom, S. Czaja and M. A. Dutton. Child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration: A prospective investigation.
Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:April 2014:38(4) 650-663.
N. J. Williams and C. Glisson. Testing a theory of organizational culture, climate and youth outcomes in child welfare systems: A United States national study. Child Abuse Neglect .
2014:April 2014:38(4) 757-767
Fred Wulczyn and John Landsverk. Research to practice in child welfare systems: Moving forward with implementation research. Children and Youth Services Review.
2014:04:39145-
146.
Lee Zanoni, Wayne Warburton, Kay Bussey, et al. Are all fathers in child protection families uncommitted, uninvolved and unable to change? CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:06:4183-94.
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Anonymous Detecting Abuse When Kids Have Fractures. AACN BOLD VOICES.
2014:05:6(5) 8-8.
Anonymous How prepared are UK midwives for their role in child protection? British
Journal of Midwifery.
2014:07:22(7) 472-478; 7p.
Joyce Forge. Role of effective documentation in emergency departments. Emerg.Nurse.
2014:06:22(3) 34-37.
S. Hawkrigg, A. Johnson, J. Flynn, et al. Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy in a 5week-old boy referred to the Child Protection Unit. J.Paediatr.Child Health . 2014:June
2014:50(6) 487-489.
Ellen Hoffmeister. Evaluating Pediatric Fractures for Evidence of Abuse. LIPPINCOTTS
BONE JOINT NEWSL.
2014:06:20(6) 61-63.
Katherine Hunt. Safeguarding children -- the need for vigilance. PRACT NURSE.
2014:06/13:44(6) 18-22.
Annemieke Konijnendijk A.J., , et al. A qualitative exploration of factors that facilitate and impede adherence to child abuse. J.Eval.Clin.Pract.
2014:08:20(4) 417-424.
M. R. Kudek and B. L. Knox. Sublingual hematoma: When to suspect child abuse.
Clin.Pediatr.
2014:2014:53(8) 809-812.
S. Levy, L. M. Siqueira, S. D. Ammerman, et al. Testing for drugs of abuse in children and adolescents. Pediatrics.
2014:01 Jun 2014:133(6) e1798-e1807.
D. M. Lindberg, R. P. Berger, M. S. Reynolds, et al. Yield of skeletal survey by age in children referred to abuse specialists. J.Pediatr.
2014:June 2014:164(6) 1268-1273.e1.
Niall McCrae and Felicity Mayer. The role of nurses in tackling female genital mutilation.
Int.J.Nurs.Stud
. 2014:06:51(6) 829-832.
Comfort Momoh. Protecting students from female genital mutilation. BR J SCH NURS.
2014:05:9(4) 180-182.
Alicia Pekarsky R. and Ann Botash S. Skeletal surveys and head computed tomographies in the evaluation of child abuse . J.Pediatr. 2014:06:164(6) 1250-1252.
J. M. Perez-Rossello. The AAP and the SPR Child Abuse Committee issue a clinical report on 'Evaluating children with fractures for child physical abuse'. Pediatr.Radiol.
2014:2014:44(3) 243.
Richard Reading. Bruising in children who are assessed for suspected physical abuse.
Child Care Health Dev.
2014:05:40(3) 455-456.
M. F. Ryan. Phthiriasis palpebrarum infection: A concern for child abuse. J.Emerg.Med.
2014:June 2014:46(6) e159-e162.
S. Sood, R. Verma, A. Mukherjee, et al. Gram-negative diplococci in vaginal smear mistaken for child sexual abuse. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology .
2014:May-June 2014:80(3) 260-262.
George Winter F. Female genital mutilation. BR J MIDWIFERY.
2014:04:22(4) 236-236.
Joanne Wood N., Oludolapo Fakeye, Chris Feudtner, et al. Development of Guidelines for
Skeletal Survey in Young Children With Fractures. Pediatrics.
2014:07:134(1) 45-53.
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Anonymous Wud U? Free app helps schools tackle child sexual exploitation with pupils.
BR J SCH NURS.
2014:05:9(4) 162-162.
Merav Ben-Natan, Ira Sharon, Polina Barbashov, et al. Risk Factors for Child Abuse:
Quantitative Correlational Design. J.Pediatr.Nurs.
2014:05:29(3) 220-227.
Helen Brayley and Ella Cockbain. British Children Can Be Trafficked Too: Towards an
Inclusive Definition of Internal Child Sex Trafficking. CHILD ABUSE REV.
2014:05:23(3)
171-184.
S. M. Frias and J. Erviti. Gendered experiences of sexual abuse of teenagers and children in Mexico. Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:April 2014:38(4) 776-787.
Grace Hubel S., Christopher Campbell, Tiffany West, et al. Child Advocacy Center Based
Group Treatment for Child Sexual Abuse. J.Child Sex.Abuse.
2014:05/31:23(3) 304-325.
M. Joki-Erkkila, J. Niemi and N. Ellonen. Child sexual abuse-Medical statement conclusions in criminal legal process. Forensic Sci.Int.
2014:June 2014:23931-36.
E. J. Letourneau, W. W. Eaton, J. Bass, et al. The need for a comprehensive public health approach to preventing child sexual abuse. Public Health Rep.
2014:May:129(3) 222-228.
E. Martinello. Reviewing strategies for risk reduction of sexual abuse of children with intellectual disabilities: A focus on early intervention. Sex.Disab.
2014:June 2014:32(2)
167-174.
Karen M. Matta Oshima, Melissa Jonson-Reid and Kristen Seay D. The Influence of
Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adolescent Outcomes: The Roles of Gender, Poverty, and
Revictimization. J.Child Sex.Abuse
. 2014:2014:23(4) 367-386.
Carmen McLean, Sarah Morris, Phoebe Conklin, et al. Trauma Characteristics and
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse .
J.Fam.Violence.
2014:07:29(5) 559-566.
Lise Milne and Delphine CollinVézina. Disclosure of Sexual Abuse among Youth in
Residential Treatment Care: A Multiple Informant Comparison. J.Child Sex.Abuse.
2014:2014:23(4) 398-417.
Jenny Pearce J. 'What's Going On' to Safeguard Children and Young People from Child
Sexual Exploitation: A Review of Local Safeguarding Children Boards' Work to Protect
Children from Sexual Exploitation. CHILD ABUSE REV.
2014:05:23(3) 159-170.
Martha Swartz K. Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors: Overlooked and
Underreported. J.Pediatr.Health Care . 2014:05:28(3) 195-196.
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Claudia BlanchardDallaire and Martine Hébert. Social Relationships in Sexually Abused
Children: SelfReports and Teachers’ Evaluation. J.Child Sex.Abuse.
2014:05/31:23(3) 326-
344.
MarieEve Brabant, Martine Hébert and François Chagnon. Predicting Suicidal Ideations in
Sexually Abused Female Adolescents: A 12-Month Prospective Study. J.Child Sex.Abuse.
2014:2014:23(4) 387-397.
Yael Dvir, Julian D. Ford, Michael Hill, et al. Childhood maltreatment, emotional dysregulation, and psychiatric comorbidities. Harv.Rev.Psychiatry
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161.
Clara Iversen. 'I don't know if I should believe him': Knowledge and believability in interviews with children. Br.J.Soc.Psychol.
2014:06:53(2) 367-386.
C. Katz and Z. Barnetz. The behavior patterns of abused children as described in their testimonies. Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:June 2014:38(6) 1033-1040.
C. Katz and Z. Barnetz. "Love covereth all transgressions": Children's experiences with physical abuse as portrayed in their narratives during forensic investigations. CHILD
YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:08:431-7.
Carmit Katz. "Please believe me; I am the biggest liar that exists": Characterising children's recantations during forensic investigations. CHILD YOUTH SERV REV.
2014:08:43160-166.
F. Koc, R. Oral and R. Butteris. Missed cases of multiple forms of child abuse and neglect.
Int.J.Psychiatry Med.
2014:01 Jan 2014:47(2) 131-139.
M. Lalayants and J. D. Prince. Delinquency, depression, and substance use disorder among child welfare-involved adolescent females. Child Abuse Neglect.
2014:April
2014:38(4) 797-807.
W. Middleton, P. Stavropoulos, M. J. Dorahy, et al. Child abuse and the dynamics of silence.
Aust.N.Z.J.Psychiatry.
2014:June 2014:48(6) 581-583.
Lisa Miffitt A. State of the Science: Group Therapy Interventions for Sexually Abused
Children. Arch.Psychiatr.Nurs
. 2014:06:28(3) 174-179.
Justin Misurell, Craig Springer, Lina Acosta, et al. Game-Based Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy Individual Model (GB-CBT-IM) for Child Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Outcome
Study. PSYCHOL TRAUMA THEORY RES PRACT POLICY . 2014:05:6(3) 250-258.
W. O'Donohue, L. T. Benuto and O. Cirlugea. Analyzing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations:
Further Considerations. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice.
2014:May 2014:14(3) 237-
246.
Ben Parker and William Turner. Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for
Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. RES SOC WORK
PRACT.
2014:07:24(4) 389-399.
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Ricardo Pinto J. and Ângela Maia C. Psychopathology among youths who were victims of documented childhood maltreatment. CHILD ADOLESC MENT HEALTH.
2014:05:19(2) 122-
130.
Ricardo Pinto, Liliana Correia and Ângela Maia. Assessing the Reliability of Retrospective
Reports of Adverse Childhood Experiences among Adolescents with Documented
Childhood Maltreatment. J.Fam.Violence.
2014:05:29(4) 431-438.
Cassandra Simmel, Inseon Lee, Soyoun Kim, et al. Multiple assessors of child welfare youths' mental-health functioning: comparing perceptions of adolescents, caregivers and teachers. CHILD FAM SOC WORK.
2014:08:19(3) 343-354.
Noreen Tehrani. Counselling skills for working with trauma: healing from child sexual abuse, sexual violence and domestic abuse. BR J GUIDANCE COUNS.
2014:08:42(4) 456-
458.
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