Harmful genital care practices in children: a type of child abuse

Article Abstract:

There is a general lack of research on children's genital hygiene, yet it is known that some genital care practices produce physical or emotional abnormalities in children. Such practices include unusual and ritualistic handling and inspection of the child's genitals, which can result in abnormalities including various physical complaints and behavioral anomalies, changes in genital anatomy, unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic actions and occasionally overt sexual abuse. The records of 790 children were studied over a four-year period from May 1984 to May 1988. Seventeen of those children, all of which were girls, were found to be suffering from abnormalities as a result of unusual genital care practices. These practices should be recognized as harmful, and effective intervention should be sought.

Health aspects, Injuries, Diagnosis, Medical care, Child health, Medical care needs assessment, Reproductive organs, Genitalia

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Underascertainment of Child Abuse Mortality in the United States

Article Abstract:

State vital records systems may not be accurately recording deaths due to child abuse. A study of the Medical Examiner Information System of North Carolina identified 259 homicides among children under the age of 11. Eighty-five percent were caused by child abuse. The state's vital records system only identified 59% of these deaths as being caused by child abuse. The number of children killed in the entire US between 1985 and 1996 is probably three times higher than the 2,973 deaths reported.

Statistical Data Included, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Homicide

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Newborns killed or left to die by a parent: a population-based study

Article Abstract:

Thirty-four newborn babies in North Carolina were killed or abandoned by their parents between 1985 and 2000. This translates to a rate of 2.1 infant homicides per 100,000 newborn babies. Most were killed or abandoned by their mother, and drowning and strangulation were the most common causes of death.

North Carolina, Labor Distribution by Employer, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Juvenile homicide, Death of

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