Open AccessAssessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of child abuse amongst health care professionals working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Khuld Nihan,
Aamir Makda,
Huzaifah Salat,
Munawar Khursheed,
Jabeen Fayyaz,
Uzma Rahim Khan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1691_20
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , health care , population , child abuse , tertiary care , stressor , nursing , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , medical emergency , environmental health , economics , economic growth
UNICEF report (2004) states that a significant percentage of total child population under the age of 5 years suffered malnutrition. Child sexual abuse remains undiscussed across Pakistan. Health care professionals (HCPs) are usually the first notifiers of child abuse and are ethically obliged to manage and report it.