Pediatric emergency department visits due to child abuse and neglect following COVID-19 public health emergency declaration in the Southeastern United States

Pediatric emergency department visits due to child abuse and neglect following COVID-19 public health emergency declaration in the Southeastern United States

Abstract Background The ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has heightened several risk factors  for child abuse and neglect (CAN). We study whether COVID-19 and the public health response to it affected CAN-related pediatric emergency department (ED) visits in the southeastern United States (US). M...

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Main Authors: Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Angela Boy, Stephen Messner, Shannon Self-Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
child abuse
child neglect
pediatric emergency department
COVID-19
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02870-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02870-2

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