A review of child sexual abuse cases presenting to a paediatric emergency department

A review of child sexual abuse cases presenting to a paediatric emergency department

Introduction: Child sexual abuse (CSA) adversely affects a child’s growth and well-being. This study aimed to describe the profile of children presenting to a tertiary paediatric emergency department (ED) with CSA. Methods: Children 0–16 years old presenting to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital ED...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore Singapore, 2021-07, Vol.50 (7), p.527-535
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Magdalene HM, Ganapathy, Sashikumar, Low, Soo Mei, Chua, Christine LQ, Chong, Shu-Ling, Ma, Eric, Wong, Peter CY
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Child sexual abuse (CSA) adversely affects a child’s growth and well-being. This study aimed to describe the profile of children presenting to a tertiary paediatric emergency department (ED) with CSA. Methods: Children 0–16 years old presenting to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital ED from June 2016 to August 2020 with sexual abuse were retrospectively reviewed. We performed a secondary analysis on girls and stratified them by age
ISSN:0304-4602
0304-4602
DOI:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021127