physical abuse

Each province and territory has unique legislation defining and describing responses to physical abuse. Physical abuse includes any non-accidental action that causes, or could cause physical harm to a child such as hitting, shaking, or the unreasonable use of force to restrain a child.

Title	Authors	Year Sort ascending
Preliminary evaluation of the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire Short Form	Tanaka, Masako Wekerle, Christine Leung, Eman Waechter, Randall Gonzalez, Andrea Jaimeson, Ellen MacMillan, Harriet L.	2012
Emergency Room Visits by Albertan Youth: Child and Youth Data Laboratory (CYDL) Report for Experiences of Albertan Youth Project	Child and Youth Data Laboratory	2012
Is the cluster risk model of parental adversities better than the cumulative risk model as an indicator of childhood physical abuse?: Findings from two representative community surveys	Fuller-Thomson, Esme Sawyer, J.-L.	2012
Does subtype matter? Assessing the effects of maltreatment on functioning in preadolescent youth in out-of-home care	Petrenko, C.L.M., Friend, A., Garrido, E.F., Taussig, H.N., & Culhane, S.E.	2012
Corporal punishment and physical abuse: population-based trends for three-to-11-year-old children in the United States	Zolotor, A. J., Theodore, A. D., Runyan, D. K., Chang, J. J., & Laskey, A. L.	2011
Is childhood physical abuse associated with peptic ulcer disease? Findings from a population-based study	Fuller-Thomson, Esme Bottoms, Jennifer Brennenstuhl, Sarah Hurd, Marion	2011
Fragile Lives, Fragmented Systems: Strengthening Supports for Vulnerable Infants	Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen	2011
Child physical abuse and suicide-related behavior: A systematic review	Mironova, Polina Rhodes, Anne E. Bethell, Jennifer M. Tonmyr, Lil Boyle, Michael H. Wekerle, Christine Goodman, Deborah Leslie, Bruce	2011
Diagnostic coding of abuse related fractures at two children's emergency departments	Somji, Zeeshanefatema Plint, Amy McGahern, Candice Al-Saleh, Ahmed Boutis, Kathy	2011
Childhood abuse and harmful substance use among criminal offenders	Swogger, Marc T. Conner, Kenneth R. Walsh, Zach Maisto, Stephen A.	2011