Prevalence and characteristics of child physical abuse in Sweden - findings from a population-based youth survey

Aim: To examine prevalence rates of child physical abuse perpetrated by a parent/caretaker, abuse characteristics and the extent of disclosures. Methods: A population‐based survey was carried out in 2008 amongst all the pupils in three different grades (n = 8494) in schools in Södermanland County,...

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Published in:	Acta Paediatrica Vol. 99; no. 8; pp. 1229 - 1236
Main Authors:	Annerbäck, E-M, Wingren, G, Svedin, CG, Gustafsson, PA
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2010 Blackwell
Subjects:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data Child physical abuse Cross-Sectional Studies Data Collection Disclosure - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Female General aspects Humans Male Medical sciences MEDICIN MEDICINE Miscellaneous Models, Theoretical Multivariate Analysis Parent-Child Relations Parental intimate-partner violence Prevalence Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Factors Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data Sweden Sweden - epidemiology Sweden Europe Human Marital relation Parental behavior Pediatrics Prevalence Aggression Victimology Epidemiology Risk factors Child abuse Mistreatment Sweden Parental intimate-partner violence Characteristics Intimate partner violence Population-based survey Adolescent Risk factor Child physical abuse Public health
ISSN:	0803-5253, 1651-2227, 1651-2227
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