Network News
VIRTUAL EVENT:Coordinated Child Sexual Abuse Prevention--A glance behind the scenes of a community-academic partnership
Apr 19, 2021May 12, 2021 12-1:30 PM featuring Jennie Noll (Penn State), Kate Guastaferro (PennState), Deborah Harrison and Melissa Page (York County CAC)
Experiences With COVID-19 Stressors and Parents’ Use of Neglectful, Harsh, and Positive Parenting Practices in the Northeastern United States
Apr 13, 2021Objective: To estimate household exposure to COVID-19 related stress and the association with parent report of neglectful, harsh, and positive discipline practices.
Two CMAS pre-docs have papers that will be published soon
Apr 13, 2021Casey Mullins and Anneke Olson have papers that will be published soon - congratulations to both
What Lessons Can the Child Welfare System Take from the COVID-19 Pandemic? American Enterprise Institute (2021)
Apr 5, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to the plight of abused and neglected children.
Rural availability of sexual assault nurse examiners
Apr 1, 2021For victims of sexual assault, high-quality health care provided by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) is associated with improved health and prosecutorial outcomes.
A Cluster Randomized Trial to Reduce Missed Abusive Head Trauma in Pediatric Intensive Care Settings
Mar 31, 2021Researchers demonstrate that a simple screening tool can help doctors "miss" fewer cases of pediatric abusive head trauma
Frontline health care workers share perspective and advice
Mar 25, 2021One year into the pandemic and despite the hardships and health risks, health care professionals around the globe continue to provide life-saving medicine, care for the most vulnerable, and treat all patients facing COVID-19.
The Scope, Nature, and Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect
Mar 10, 2021A pod cast featuring Sarah Font
Child Sexual Abuse as a Unique Risk Factor for the Development of Psychopathology: The Compounded Convergence of Mechanisms
Mar 10, 2021Meta-analytic, population cohort, prospective, and clinical studies provide systematic evidence that child sexual abuse accounts for unique variation in several deleterious outcomes.
Caring for vulnerable children and families during COVID-19
Mar 10, 2021Among the innumerable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family services, many states have reported a dramatic decrease, some up to 30-40%, in the number of reports to child protective services.