The epidemiology of child abuse: findings from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. | Zendy

Joseph C. Cappelleri | Zendy; John Eckenrode | Zendy; J. L. Powers | Zendy

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The epidemiology of child abuse: findings from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Author(s) -

Joseph C. Cappelleri,

John Eckenrode,

J. L. Powers

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1622

Subject(s) - neglect , physical abuse , child abuse , ethnic group , sexual abuse , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , psychological abuse , child neglect , logistic regression , medicine , psychiatry , poison control , demography , injury prevention , psychology , environmental health , pathology , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics

The epidemiology of child abuse was investigated with data from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. A statistical comparison of incidence rates suggested that age, family income, and ethnicity were risk factors for both sexual abuse and physical abuse, but county metrostatus was not. Gender was a risk factor for sexual abuse but not for physical abuse. A logistic regression analysis showed that ethnicity, county metrostatus, and a gender-by-income interaction distinguished sexual abuse from physical abuse.

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