Mother's age and risk for physical abuse

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to analyze whether the age of the mother both at the time of birth of the abused child and at the time of abuse, has a relationship with child abuse. A cross-section sample of 1,997 mothers reported under the National Family Values Survey, were interviewed and the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) was used to measure physical abuse. The chances of child abuse increased as the mother's age at birth of the abused child decreased. However, child abuse had no correlation with the mother's age at time of abuse. It was also found that children from large families and minority groups were high risk targets for child abuse.

Mother and child, Mother-child relations, Family size, Maternal age

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Active surveillance of child abuse fatalities

Article Abstract:

Studies on child death and the increased occurrence of fatal child abuse have brought abuse-related child deaths under close examination. Active Surveillance facilitates investigation of state agency information concerning child deaths and collation of demographic information on victims and perpetrators. Information from the state Child Abuse and Neglect Registry on 104 abuse-related deaths were correlated to birth and death certificates. Active Surveillance enables monitoring of progress in the prevention of child abuse fatalities.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Abused children

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Sexual abuse by grandparents

Article Abstract:

Sexual abuse by grandparents was studied to validate earlier investigations on the demographic aspects and cultural stereotypes about child abuse by grandparents. The child protection records of 95 cases of sexual abuse by grandparents were followed up and analyzed. Grandparental sexual abuse was found to be overt more often than covert. The victims were nearly always female and the offenders male. Stepgrandchildren ran a greater risk of sexual abuse and there was a large number of trigenerational sexual abuse offenders.

Grandparent and child, Grandparent-child relations, Child sexual abusers

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