Serious Injuries in Children due to Child Abuse Rise from 1997 - 2009
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 9:27PM 
After studying data gathered from 1997 to 2009, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have concluded that instances of serious injury due to child abuse are increasing. According to results of this study, which considered “serious injuries” as those resulting in hospitalization, the overall rate for children 18 years and younger has risen about 5%. Most alarmingly, the rate of injury for children 1 and under is up 10.9%.
As one author of this study, Dr. John M. Leventhal, notes, “These results highlight the challenges of helping parents do better by their children and the importance of effective prevention programs to reduce serious abusive injuries in young children.”
To read more about this story, click here for Alexandra Sifferlin’s article in TIME or click here for Denise Mann’s article in HealthDay. Also, to read the report as published in the journal Pediatrics, click here:Incidence of Serious Injuries Due to Physical Abuse in the United States: 1997 to 2009
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