Recent Statistics and Research
US: Abusive head trauma in infants doubled during recession: study
HealthDay News April 13, 2011
The number of babies hospitalized for non-accidental head trauma — a form of child abuse previously known as shaken baby syndrome — doubled during the recent recession, according to the study by researchers at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.
http://news.health.com/2011/04/13/abusive-head-trauma-in-infants-doubled-during-recession-study/
2010 Kentucky Child Protective Services Data by County. Click here.
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data, Kentucky Annual Live Births. Click here.
2010 Kids Count Data Book Kentucky Statistics (Annie E. Casey Foundation). Click here.
Kentucky child abuse and neglect statistics. Click here.
Release of Report on the Physical Punishment of Children. Click here.
Fewer Children Were Victims of Abuse and Neglect in 2007
"The number of children who were maltreated declined between fiscal years
2006 and 2007 according to "Child Maltreatment 2007," an annual report whose
release by HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) marks the
beginning of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to the report,
an estimated 794,000 children were determined to be victims of maltreatment
in 2007, down from 904,000 victims in 2006."...read more...
