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Child maltreatment and early childhood caries (ECC) have some common features including high prevalence rates, shared risk factors, and long-term consequences. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of ECC’s in an identified population of abused and neglected children in Toronto, Ontario. The sample consisted of 66 preschool-aged children admitted to the care of the…

Child protection professionals face extremely difficult decisions. Child welfare services in various parts of North America have implemented standardized risk assessment models to assist child protection professionals in accurately identifying children at risk of harm. The authors argue that worker attributes, attitudes, and experiences may influence the manner in which the worker utilizes…

… Child Maltreatment, Bullying, Gender-Based Harassment, and Adolescent Dating Violence: Making the Connections … en … Child Maltreatment, Bullying, Gender-Based Harassment, and Adolescent Dating Violence: Making the Connections … Children who are victims of maltreatment, including those exposed to domestic violence, often have difficulty regulating emotions and behaviours and forming healthy relationships. Maltreated children learn to relate cautiously to others, sensitive to signs of anger or disapproval. Youth with histories of maltreatment are at greater risk for relationship-based difficulties in adolescence and…

This report focuses on the issue of young people transitioning out of care into adulthood. This is not new territory for the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA). as far back as 1997, concerns about young people leaving care and transitioning to adulthood have been raised. Since then, the OCYA has identified this issue in eight of its annual reports.To date, neither the repeated efforts…

… children in foster care: Outcomes from a pilot study with randomization Article de journaux … 1 … en … Strive to … children in foster care: Outcomes from a pilot study with randomization … Child welfare system reforms are needed to help support families and prevent removal of children who may safely remain in the home. For those children who have been removed from their parents’ care, parent–child visits are a way to help maintain bonds and attachment and may help mitigate the trauma of removal. The primary goals of this randomized, controlled study were to assess the effects of…

… health outcomes: associations with child maltreatment and peer victimization Article de journaux … 1 … en … … health outcomes: associations with child maltreatment and peer victimization … AbstractBackgroundChild maltreatment (CM) and peer victimization (PV) are serious issues affecting children and adolescents. Despite the interrelatedness of these exposures, few studies have investigated their co-occurrence and combined impact on health outcomes. The study objectives were to determine the overall and sex-specific prevalence of lifetime exposure to CM and past-month exposure to PV…

Cette étude a comparé 34 mères négligentes à 33 mères non négligentes, afin d'évaluer leur capacité à traiter et à se souvenir d'informations liées aux émotions et au comportement des enfants. Les mères négligentes étaient beaucoup moins susceptibles de reconnaître le sentiment d'intérêt chez les jeunes enfants, plus susceptibles de voir la tristesse et la honte, plus inexactes à étiqueter les…

Cette étude effectuée au Québec s’est penchée sur les dommages cognitifs à long terme causés par le syndrome du bébé secoué (SBS) durant la tendre enfance. Un groupe de 11 enfants du primaire, qui ont reçu un diagnostic de SBS durant leur tendre enfance, ont été comparés à un groupe apparié de 11 enfants en santé du même âge. Les résultats ont montré que les enfants du groupe SBS présentaient des…

L’étude ontarienne sur les signalements de mauvais traitements envers les enfants (OIS-2003) (The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect) est la troisième étude provinciale se penchant sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de mauvais traitement et sur les caractéristiques des enfants et des familles ayant fait l’objet d’enquêtes des services de bien-être de l’enfance de l’…

L'intervention en protection de l'enfance, qui a connu une évolution au Canada depuis une centaine d'années, est fondée sur des valeurs et une vision du monde euro-occidentales. Cela a eu pour effet de causer des préjudices considérables à des personnes et à des communautés autochtones et contribue encore à ce jour à des résultats moins que favorables pour les enfants autochtones. Un cadre…