A new income inequality-child maltreatment study is the first comprehensive research to target child abuse in places in terms of income disparities.
The findings show that poverty is one of the strongest harbingers of child abuse and neglect. The study is to be published in the March 2014 edition of the peer-review journal Pediatrics.
Federal Programs Related to - Child Abuse Prevention
Programs which attempt to protect children from physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse or exploitation. Abuse of Children; Abuse Prevention; Abused Children; Abusive Parents; Battered Children; Child Neglect; Child Protection; Cruelty to Children; Infanticide; Prevention of Child Mistreatment; Shaken baby Syndrome
Programs that conduct research in the area of social science that involves the systematic study of the origins, causes, demographics and costs of poverty and the efficacy of proposed or implemented poverty alleviation measures.