Overview
Everyone involved in a child's life, including parents, day care providers and educators, can potentially prevent, detect and treat abused children.
The Child Abuse Team of the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides the following frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers about abuse:
The information provided in the answers to these frequently asked questions comes from the Child Abuse Team and in part from the following sources:
- Hymel, Kent P.; Jenny, Carole: Child Sexual Abuse. Pediatrics in Review, 1996; 17(7): 236-249.
- Botash, Ann S.: Examination for Sexual Abuse in Prepubertal Children: An Update. Pediatric Annals, 1997; 26(5): 312-320.
