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ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY‐SEVEN CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

1977; Wiley; Volume: 2; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb107687.x

1326-5377

Michael Ryan, Alice Davis, R. Kim Oates,

Child Welfare and Adoption

The case histories of 187 abused and neglected children, admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children over a three-year-period, were reviewed. Multiproblem families from the lower socioeconomic groups predominated, reflecting the hospital's geographic catchment area. Eight children died and 30 were made state wards. A high proportion of mothers described problems during the pregnancy, a difficult delivery and neonatal problems. The majority of parents in this study were married and had small families. First-born male infants of young isolated mothers were found to be at greatest risk of child abuse and neglect.