Diagnosis and treatment Reference Materials
The Child Abuse Team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides the following reference materials to aid in diagnosing and treating abused children. These materials are intended for health care professionals and educators and therefore contain graphic information.
For more information, please contact Robert Shapiro, MD, 513-636-7966.
You can download this information in portable document format (.pdf). You must have Adobe Acrobat" Reader installed on your computer to read these files.
- Shapiro, R.; Baxter, A.: Sexual Abuse in Handbook of Pediatric Care. Ed. Baker. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. (Second edition in press), reprinted with permission
Sexual Abuse (42k)
- Shapiro, R.; Baxter, A.: Child Physical Abuse in Handbook of Pediatric Care. Ed. Baker. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. (Second edition in press), reprinted with permission
Child Physical Abuse (22k)
- Shapiro, R.: The Medical Evaluation for Possible Child Sexual Abuse: When It Is Needed, Who Should Provide It, What Will Be Done and How to Prepare the Child? in Handbook for Child Protection Practice. Eds. Dubowitz and DePanfilis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc., 2000. Reprinted with permission
Medical Evaluation (11k)
- Shapiro, R.: How to Interpret Results of a Child Sexual Abuse Examination. What Conditions May Be Mistaken for Sexual Abuse? in Handbook for Child Protection Practice. Eds. Dubowitz and DePanfilis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc., 2000. Reprinted with permission
Interpreting Exam Results (38k)
- Shapiro, R.: How to Interpret Laboratory Tests Results for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Handbook for Child Protection Practice. Eds. Dubowitz and DePanfilis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc., 2000. Reprinted with permission
Interpreting Lab Results (26k)
- Ohio Pediatric Sexual Abuse Protocol, August 2000 (484k)
- Sexual Assault Protocol from the Departments of Social Service and Emergency Medicine (35k)
- Sexual Assault Evidence Form (29k)
- Protocol for Suspicion of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (10k)
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