neglect

Each province and territory has unique legislation defining and describing responses to neglect. Assessing neglect requires a consideration of poverty and other family and community factors. Neglect includes the failure of a parent or guardian to provide a child’s basic needs such as for food, education, healthcare or supervision.

For more information, review the information sheet on the causes, consequences, and factors associated with child neglect and the information sheet on child neglect prevention and intervention.

Title	Authors	Year
Risk Factors Associated With the Chronicity of High Potential for Child Abuse and Neglect	Ethier, Louise S. Couture, Germain Lacharité, Carl	2004
Substance abuse and child neglect: Intruders in the family	Mayer, Micheline Lavergne, Chantal Baraldi, Rosanna	2004
Validation of the French Version of the CTQ and Prevalence of the History of Maltreatment	Paquette, Daniel Laporte, Lise Bigras, Marc Zoccolillo, Mark	2004
Child Neglect: Developmental Issues and Outcomes	Hildyard, Kathryn Wolfe, David	2002
Entente multisectorielle relative aux enfants victimes d’abus sexuels, de mauvais traitements physiques ou d’une absence de soins menaçant leur santé physique	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux Ministère de la Justice Ministère de la Sécurité publique Ministère de l'Éducation Ministère de la Famille et de l'Enfance	2001
Multiple Maltreatment, Attribution of Blame, and Adjustment Among Adolescents	McGee, Robin Wolfe, David Olson, James	2001
Development and preliminary evaluation of the Ontario Child Neglect Index	Trocmé, Nico	1996