Surge in domestic child abuse during pandemic, reports specialist UK children's hospital

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/b-sid070120.php


News Release 2-Jul-2020
BMJ


There has been a surge in domestic child abuse during the coronavirus pandemic, suggests the experience of one specialist UK children's hospital, reported in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

In just one month, the number of new cases rose by 1493% compared with the same period in the previous three years, pointing to a "silent pandemic" in 2020, suggest the authors.

They compared the numbers of new cases of head injury caused by physical abuse among very young children seen between 23 March and 23 April this year and the same period in 2017, 2018, and 2019.


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tags: child abuse