Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review - Doyle E, Bugeja L, Dimmock MR, Lee KL, Ng J, Bassed RB.
PURPOSE: The skeletal survey X-ray series is the current 'gold standard' when investigating suspected physical abuse (SPA) of children, in addition to a non-contrast computed tomography (CT) brain scan. This systematic literature review synthesised finding... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Gender differences in the characterization of child sexual abuse - Garc ía-Montoliu C, Ballester-Arnal R, Nebot-Garcia JE, Ruiz-Palomino E.
Research on child sexual abuse (CSA) has increased in recent decades. However, the study of gender differences in this field is still scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in the characterization of CSA between Spanish adult men and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Unintended consequences: a case study of a toddler's accidental burn injury caused by a hair crimper - Wade E, Sebastian A.
Recognizing when an injury is concerning for abuse is of utmost importance, as failure to do so places the child at a significant risk for further inflicted injury. Misinterpreting accidental injury as abuse can also have dire consequences for a child and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
AI proposed to help radiologists detect child abuse injuries
A team at Michigan State University has developed an AI model designed to detect rib fractures in children under three years old, with the ribcage being the most common fracture site in abused children.
The model approached the capabilities of expert human readers on a set of 1,109 pediatric chest x-rays and could serve as a tool to help detect injuries due to physical abuse, noted lead author Jonathan Burkow, a doctoral student, and colleagues.
“Rib fractures are extremely important to detect as they are a sentinel injury for physical abuse in young children that portend poor outcomes; a single rib fracture in child...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
Call to ban smacking in England and Northern Ireland
Physical punishment at home can have a lasting impact and end in abuse, children's doctors warn. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas fined $100,000 per day for failing to act on foster care abuse allegations
Texas is being fined $100,000 a day by a federal judge for neglecting investigations into abuse and neglect allegations raised by some of the 9,000 children it has in foster care (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Ozempic Hurts the Fight Against Eating Disorders
It’s impossible to escape the soaring popularity of Ozempic and similar drugs these days—daily headlines, celebrity “success” stories, and apparent ease in procuring prescriptions (even Costco sells them now) abound. But the cumulative effect of all of this has many experts in the eating disorder field worried about how this might affect their patients. This makes sense—even for those without eating disorders, these drugs can feel both triggering and enticing. After all, research tells us about 90% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. This sounds like a quick fix.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cole Kazdin Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
On the possibility of forgiveness in child sexual abuse - Prieto-Urs úa M.
Whether or not it is appropriate to offer victims the possibility of working on forgiveness to overcome the pain of the lived experience and its consequences is a controversial issue. The pressure to forgive makes revictimization more likely and transmits ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Safeguarding the whole health of Georgia ’s children
Every child has a right to safety and well-being. And yet, sadly, youth across the nation and around the world needlessly suffer violence, exploitation and neglect at the hands of adults entrusted to care for them.
In Georgia, nearly 107,000 cases of child abuse and neglect were reported in 2021. This excludes unreported incidences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) such as sex trafficking, sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse or neglect. Equally jolting, 58% of adults in Georgia … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bobby Cagle Source Type: news
Interviewing young offenders about child-on-child sexual abuse - Hershkowitz I, Lamb ME.
This study compared two versions of the NICHD Protocol for interviewing young suspected sexual offenders: the Revised Suspect Protocol (RSP) and the Standard Suspect Protocol (SSP). The RSP incorporated relevant evidence-based practices informed by researc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
A silent scream in the pediatric emergency department: child abuse and neglect - Akkaya B, İnan C, Ünlü, Güneylioğlu MM, Bodur, Göktuğ A, Öztürk B, Yaradılmış RM, Aydın O, Özcan AS, Gungor A, Tuygun N.
Child abuse and neglect includes any behavior that harms the child or hinders the child's development. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with suspected child abuse or neglect in the pediatric em... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Incestuous abuse continuing into adulthood: clinical features and therapists' conceptualisations - McMaugh K, Roufeil L, Salter M, Middleton W.
Prolonged incest, where children are sexually abused by familial perpetrators into adulthood, has been documented in clinical and criminological scholarship, however it is often overlooked in research, policy and practice approaches to familial sexual abus... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
‘This isn’t how good scientific debate happens’: academics on culture of fear in gender medicine research
Cass review found professionals in the field are scared to discuss views amid risk of reputational damage and online abuseCritical thinking and open debate are pillars of scientific and medical research. Yet experienced professionals are increasingly scared to openly discuss their views on the treatment of children questioning their gender identity.This was the conclusion drawn by Hilary Cass in her review of gender identity services for children this week, which warned that a toxic debate had resulted in a culture of fear.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin and Ian Sample Tags: Transgender NHS Medical research Children Young people Science Society UK news Source Type: news
Instagram to Blur Out Nude Images Sent to Teens in DMs
which has faced ongoing political pressure and criticism that its apps don’t take enough measures to ensure the safety of children, announced new steps it’s taking to protect users from “sextortion” and “other forms of intimate image abuse.” Among the new measures: Instagram is introducing a new…#meta #dmoninstagram #johnshehan #svp #markzuckerberg #lantern #techcoalition (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Explosive and harmful impulses: a subset of child and adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse - Rutter N.
"Filial harm" refers to harms experienced by a parent and caused by their child, with increasing umbrella terminology developing to capture all forms of harm despite differing experiences and contexts. In this paper, based on a Glaserian Grounded Theory st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
