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· Definition: The physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child.
· Child under age 18. Child Abuse
· By a person responsible for child abuse, child maltreatment child's welfare. Child Abuse
· Under circumstances in which the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened.
Child Abuse
Child Abuse
Child Abuse
· Physical abuse child abuse, child maltreatment
· Sexual abuse
· Neglect
· Emotional abuse
· Fatalities: 2,000
· Serious disabilities: 18,000
· Serious injury: 141,700
· Substantiated incidents: 992,617
· Child abuse reports: 2.9 million, involving 1.9 million children
· 2.9 million children reported as child abuse, maltreatment child abuse victims
· 1.6 million investigations
· No risk differences exist for race child abuse or ethnicity
· Increased risk in single parent homes
· 77% higher risk of physical abuse
· 87% higher risk of neglect
· Major increased risk with poverty. child abuse, maltreatment Risk of harm is increased 22 times.
· Perpetrator Features child abuse, child maltreatment