Effects of abuse on childbearing women

International Journal of Childbirth Education;  September 1, 2000 ;   Lavin, Debbie;   787 words ...Imagine yourself as a survivor of abuse. How might your life be different? Perhaps you yourself are personally familiar with abuse. If this is true, then you may find that...to become familiar with the dynamics of abuse and to recognize your role and your boundaries...

Abuse of women with disabilities: State of the science

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin;  January 1, 2002 ;   Hassounch-Phillips, Dena; Curry, Mary Ann;   787 words ...Women with disabilities experience abuse at similar or higher rates than women...experiencing emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, women with disabilities may also experience disability-specific forms of abuse for prolonged periods of time and from...

Developing a service response to elder abuse

Generations;  July 1, 2000 ;   Nerenberg, Lisa;   787 words ...Challenges in defining abuse and crafting effective prevention, intervention...policy. Since the late 1970s, when elder abuse first emerged in the public's consciousness...question of what actually constitutes abuse has stimulated ongoing and often heated...

63,000 ABUSE, NEGLECT CASES REPORTED

Evansville Courier & Press;  September 20, 2002 ;   JOHN MARTIN, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7594 or jmartin@evansville.net;   400 words ...Reports of child abuse and neglect statewide increased 37 percent...Thursday night. Indiana's total of reported abuse and neglect cases exceeded 63,000 last...Malayeri, associate director of Prevent Child Abuse Indiana. In Vanderburgh County, Child Protective...

Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self.(Book review)

Social Forces;  March 1, 2007 ;   Irvine, Leslie;   787 words ...Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self By Joseph E. Davis...about John Geoghan's long history of sexual abuse involving more than 100 minors, but had...behalf of the victims of childhood sexual abuse. What struck the public was the numbers...

Studying child abuse, neglect, and exploitation in middle school social...

The Clearing House;  July 1, 1999 ;   Berson, Michael J. Berson, Ilene R.;   787 words ...For many years, child abuse and neglect were largely unaddressed issues...estimates regarding the pervasiveness of abuse indicate that the victimization of children...Finkelhor 1984). Although under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974...

RISK MANAGEMENT: Potential for Abuse

Pharmaceutical Executive;  June 1, 2005 ;   Sellers, Edward M;   708 words ...All too often, abuse liability and dependence potential are...the potential public health impacts of abuse liability and dependence potential. Indeed...their lives, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...

The elderly are not children. (elder abuse laws)

U.S. News & World Report;  January 13, 1992 ;   Shapiro, Joseph P.;   787 words ...EIder abuse did not exist in the public mind until 1979...hypothesis that something akin to child abuse was prevalent among the elderly. Their study...Today, more than 140,000 cases of suspected abuse are reported yearly. Yet there are now troubling...

Children of abuse and school discourse: implications for teachers and...

Education;  March 22, 2006 ;   Haeseler, Lisa Ann;   787 words ...Children of domestic abuse, whether living in the situation or transitioning...from school professionals. Children of abuse do not have a stable and secure situation...more clearly understand that children of abuse along with attempting academic progress...

The perceived likelihood of dental hygienists to report abuse before and...

Journal of Dental Hygiene;  January 1, 2005 ;   Harmer-Beem, Marji;   787 words ...Purpose. The rise of abuse, mandatory reporting, and penalties for not reporting abuse make this study significant for oral health care...to the likelihood of dental hygienists reporting abuse before and after a training program, in order to...

Focus on church abuse widens to include nuns

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 3, 2004 ;   MEGAN TWOHEY;   787 words ...Focus on church abuse widens to include nuns Her eyes filled...Francis for therapy after she reported the abuse. "I was overwhelmed by sadness." Mary Guentner...for her therapy after she reported her abuse in the mid-1990s. Since it first began...

Intervention and treatment strategies for elder abuse.(Tips)

American Family Physician;  September 1, 2005 ;   Walling, Anne D.;   787 words ...Abuse of older or dependent patients by their caregivers has received...legal, and other disciplines to clarify risk factors for abuse of older adults and suggest suggest diagnostic and intervention...the family physician. The consensus definition for elder abuse is: intentional actions that cause harm or a ...

Radiologic technologists and child abuse.

Radiologic Technology;  July 1, 1996 ;   Barsky, Nijole DeVos, Dianne;   787 words ......improvements in diagnostic techniques, child abuse now is being recognized and reported by...frequency. Although the definition of child abuse includes physical harm, willful cruelty...unjustifiable punishment, severe neglect, emotional abuse or sexual abuse, the radiologic sciences...

STATE CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT DEATHS DOWN COUNTY ABUSE RATE IS HIGH

Evansville Courier & Press;  December 20, 2003 ;   ELLA JOHNSON, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7420 or ejohnson@evansville.net;   761 words ...Fewer Hoosier children died from abuse and neglect during fiscal year 2003, compared...higher rate of substantiated cases of child abuse than the state average. A report released...Social Services Administration found child abuse and neglect deaths dropped to 51 for the...

Elder fiduciary abuse

Journal of California Law Enforcement;  January 1, 1998 ;   Powell, Bruce W;   787 words ...GENERAL Elder Abuse Problem The United States Bureau of Census...Negligent elder/parent care, also known as "elder abuse;' affects an estimated 1.84 million (or one in three elders). Overt elder abuse may make headlines, but most abuse is not sensationalized...