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Child Abuse, Child Neglect, and Health
Both child abuse and child neglect are worldwide problems that impair the health and welfare of children and adolescents. Consequences often impede children's growth and development, and effects can be chronic, sometimes affecting individuals throughout their lifetime. The World Health Organization first recognized child abuse as a major public health problem in 1997, indicating that its elimination is a relatively recent but vital addition to their agenda of improving human health and well-being across the globe.
Perpetration of child abuse and neglect is thought to result from a complex combination of ...
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