Citation

Flaherty EG, Sege RD, Hurley TP, Baker A. Pediatrics 2008; 122: S18-S20.

Affiliation

Department of General Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, American Academy of Pediatrics)

DOI

10.1542/peds.2008-0715g

PMID

18676504

Abstract

At the Child Abuse Recognition, Research, and Education Translation (CARRET) Conference, national child abuse experts representing different disciplines discussed and developed new strategies that would address the barriers to reporting suspected child abuse and improve the protection of children. This article describes the experts' analysis of the barriers to and strategies for improving the outcome for abused children, in addition to the steps planned to facilitate continued action.

Language: en