Feature: China working to prevent child abuse

Xinhua News Agency;  October 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......China working to prevent child abuseBy Zhou Yan & Ding...Center for Prevention of Child Abuse in this capital of the...center, he receives free medical treatment and counseling. The center...Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN...institution to provide ...

Child Abuse: A Global View. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)

Journal of Comparative Family Studies;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......McCAULEY and Michelle A. EPSTEIN, eds., CHILD ABUSE: A Global View. Westport, CT: Greenwood...of these studies examine the issue of child abuse, even though anecdotal evidence and...the developing world, what constitutes child abuse can vary from one society to another...

Zimbabwe launches campaign against child abuse

Xinhua News Agency;  October 14, 2004 ;     389 words ...Zimbabwe launches campaign against child abuse HARARE, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The problem of child abuse in Zimbabwe is multi-faceted and requires...speaking at the launch of a campaign against child abuse in Mabvuku in Harare organized by the...

STATE REP. STURLA INTRODUCES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE TO STRENGTHEN CHILD ABUSE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 11, 2007 ;     374 words ......following news release: With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month in Pennsylvania, state...package that would strengthen the state's child abuse laws. "The goal of my legislative package...in Pennsylvania by streamlining the child abuse laws," Sturla said. "For example, the...

Reognizing and reporting suspected child abuse

American Secondary Education;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Dealing with suspected child abuse is one of the most difficult challenges...children in America, although research on child abuse is a fairly recent development. Only...schools become more knowledgeable about child abuse and make every effort to break the continuing...

Cities promoted Child Abuse Prevention Programs during April.(Brief...

Nation's Cities Weekly;  May 3, 2004 ;     682 words ......the official symbol of the fight against child abuse and neglect, in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Leaders in cities around...programs in their communities to combat child abuse, a serious problem that transcends geographic...

Pinwheels Kick Off Child Abuse Prevention Month

Atlanta Inquirer;  April 6, 2002 ;     397 words ......recognizing the month of April as National Child Abuse Months kicked off Saturday, March 23, when Prevent Child Abuse Georgia (PCA Georgia) lined a 3.2 mile...pinwheel represented a reported case of child abuse or neglect in five metro-Atlanta counties...

Radiologic technologists and child abuse.

Radiologic Technology;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......improvements in diagnostic techniques, child abuse now is being recognized and reported...frequency. Although the definition of child abuse includes physical harm, willful cruelty...diagnosing physical injuries. Physical child abuse may be defined as any act that results...

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH-EVERYONE CAN HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 27, 2008 ;     274 words ......New York State Central Registry for Child Abuse and Maltreatment processed 186,098 reports of alleged child abuse and maltreatment in New York State...Child Protective Services of alleged child abuse or maltreatment. Approximately 30...

Child abuse prevention month recognized

University Wire;  April 28, 1998 ;     674 words ......the responsibility when it comes to detecting child abuse. They often cannot handle the load. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. As part of the continuing effort to stem child abuse, the Alabama Council on Child Abuse is holding...

TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE, AUTHORITIES MUST BE MORE HELPFUL, LESS PUNITIVE

The Boston Globe;  April 11, 1998 ;     613 words ...April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Most everyone agrees...it. For some people, "prevention of child abuse" means uncovering and investigating...will be more extensive and intrusive child abuse reporting procedures. Others interpret...

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 14, 2007 ;     591 words ......During the month of April each year, child abuse awareness activities and community prevention...prevent, identify and report cases of child abuse. This column is my effort to raise awareness...New York law, there are four types of child abuse--physical abuse, physical neglect, ...

Seminar points out signs of child abuse

Post-Tribune (IN);  October 9, 2000 ;     353 words ......Sandy Runkle, prevention educator for Prevent Child Abuse Indiana. This simple pronouncement is at the...all that followed in a recent seminar about child-abuse prevention called "Child Abuse 101: Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect...

DEWINE/PRYCE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  March 10, 2000 ;     396 words ......IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 10, 2000 DEWINE/PRYCE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON U...address the tragic and increasing problem of child abuse. The Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act (CAPE) would provide...

Child Abuse Quilts: Revealing and Healing the Pain of Child Abuse.

Pediatric Nursing;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Reports From the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, almost 3 million reports of child abuse and neglect were filed in the United...the issue of child maltreatment, the Child Abuse Quilts Project was conceived. At least...