What is known about the magnitude, trend, and risk for child sexual abuse and the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the United States? - Rezey ML, DiMeglio M.
Many nationally representative datasets are available for assessing the magnitude, trend, and risk for child sexual victimization in the United States. Unfortunately, the disaggregation of sexual violence into more specific sex crimes and the reliable meas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Child maltreatment, adult trauma, and mental health symptoms among women veterans: a scoping review of published quantitative research - Presseau C, Carney JR, Kline NK, Grimshaw AA, DeMoss L, Gunderson C, Portnoy GA.
The objective of this scoping review was to describe and synthesize the measures, methods, and key findings of published quantitative research examining the influence of child maltreatment (i.e., abuse and/or neglect) and adult trauma exposure on mental he... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Engaging parents in child-focused child sexual abuse prevention education strategies: a systematic review - Russell DH, Trew S, Harris L, Dickson J, Walsh K, Higgins DJ, Smith R.
Parents are their children's first teachers and there are long-standing calls for their involvement in child sexual abuse prevention. In this rapid systematic review, we asked the following questions: what rationales are used to justify parental involvemen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

£ 2.2 million for clinical trial to improve general practice response to men and children affected by domestic abuse
A new clinical trial of a general practice programme to improve the identification and referral of men and children affected by domestic abuse begins in May thanks to a £ 2.2 million National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) award to University of Bristol researchers, in partnership with Oxford University and the social enterprise IRISi. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - March 14, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Grants and Awards, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Institutes, Institutes, Bristol Population Health Science Institute Source Type: news

Rheumatologist Found Dead; How COVID Changed Lives; Olivia Munn's Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A Connecticut rheumatologist was found dead after his arrest in a child sex abuse investigation. (WTNH) Multiple class action lawsuits may join forces accusing... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 14, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news

Fake Ozempic Is Surging
When Andy Morling heard about a revolutionary new weight-loss cure on the BBC last spring, he figured it might spark a shadier market for fakes.  His hunch was right. Almost a year later, the law-enforcement veteran who spent the last four decades helping to bring down drug gangs and child sexual abusers is leading the charge against criminals looking to profit from the very human desire to slim down.  Both organized crime and unscrupulous lone entrepreneurs are looking to capitalize on the weight-loss frenzy with concoctions that range from useless to potentially deadly. Their packaging mimics Novo Nordisk...
Source: TIME: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ashleigh Furlong/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Role of psychopathology on children credibility of sexual abuse testimony - Garc ía-Rico MA, Ricarte JJ, Jimeno MV, Latorre JM.
The objective of this work is to analyze the relationship between the assessment of the credibility of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a narrative review and update for the dentist and other healthcare professionals - Yee R, Sim SY, Chow WH, Rajasegaran K, Hong CHL.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) is a form of abuse in which a caregiver with Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA) fabricates or induces signs or symptoms in a person under their care to satisfy a self-serving psychological need. Unnecessary cl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Childbirth experiences of women with a history of physical, sexual, and child abuse: a cross-sectional study of 2,575 Russian women - Suarez A, Yakupova V.
This study investigated the associations of these types of traumas and their cumulative effect with childbirth... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Diffusion tensor imaging of white-matter structural features of maltreating mothers and their associations with intergenerational chain of childhood abuse - Kurata S, Nishitani S, Kawata NYS, Yao A, Fujisawa TX, Okazawa H, Tomoda A.
Child abuse causes lifelong adverse outcomes for both physical and mental health, although many are resilient. Efforts to prevent this issue from the parental side require an understanding of the neurobiological basis that leads abusive parents to perpetra... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Republican who got married at 15 wants to ban child marriage
Missouri Republican state Senator Holly Thompson Rehder, who was married when she was 15, is leading a state Senate bill that would ban child marriage. Reflecting on growing up around addiction, sexual abuse and domestic violence, Thompson Rehder told Newsweek in a Friday interview: "At 15, I…#missouri #hollythompson #thompsonrehder #bill767 #cindergirl (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'A kindergarten teacher must have 100 eyes and 100 ears!': kindergarten teachers' experiences coping with child sexual abuse and problematic sexual behavior - Sigad LI, Gosen NB, Golan L, Lusky-Weisrose E, Shaibe J, Tener D, Moshon-Cohen TE, Roe D.
BACKGROUND: Child sexual abuse (CSA) and problematic sexual behavior (PSB) are worldwide phenomena that occur across all ages. Kindergarten teachers' proactive involvement can be crucial to the prevention, disclosure and intervention of CSA and PSB. Howeve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Primary school pupils' awareness of physical and sexual violence in Tanzania - Kimaro J, Biswalo U.
Children who have experienced physical and sexual violence are at risk for a variety of physical, mental, behavioural, and social issues that can lead to drug abuse and academic failure. However, how children perceive physical and sexual violence is unknow... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Design and evaluation of child abuse web-based application for parent education & strengthen - Para S, Shahrokhi H, Maserat E, Mohammadzadeh Z.
BACKGROUND: Child abuse is one of the major health and social problems in the world and has severe short-term and long-term consequences on children's psychological, social and physical functioning. One of the effective strategies to control and prevent ch... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

One Twin Was Hurt, the Other Was Not. Their Adult Mental Health Diverged.
A large study of “discordant twins,” in which only one suffered abuse or neglect, adds to evidence linking childhood trauma to adult illness. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen Barry Tags: Twins Research JAMA Psychiatry (Journal) Mental Health and Disorders Child Abuse and Neglect Sex Crimes Brain Source Type: news