TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Assessments carried out by a child abuse and neglect team in an Amsterdam teaching hospital led to interventions in most of the reported cases
JO  - Acta paediatrica
A1  - van Rijn, Rick R.
A1  - Heymans, Hugo S. A.
A1  - Brilleslijper-Kater, Sonja N.
A1  - Vrolijk-Bosschaart, Thekla F.
A1  - Burgers, Ilsa A. V.
A1  - Aaftink, Daniel
A1  - Sieswerda-Hoogendoorn, Tessa
A1  - Teeuw, Arianne H.
SP  - 1118
EP  - 1127
VL  - 106
IS  - 7
N2  - AIM: This study described cases of child abuse and neglect (CAN) that were reported to the multi-agency CAN team at the Emma Children's Hospital in Amsterdam and the resulting interventions. <br><br>METHODS: We carried out a retrospective review of all cases that were reported to the CAN team from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012. <br><br>RESULTS: There were 27 prenatal cases, 92 referrals based on parental characteristics and 523 children. Overall, 1.2% of the children visiting the emergency department of our hospital, attending the outpatients department or being admitted were reported to the team. More than half of the referrals (55.1%) were confirmed as CAN. The most common diagnoses were: witnessing intimate partner violence, physical neglect and emotional abuse. If CAN was confirmed an intervention was offered in 98.3% of cases. If a CAN diagnosis was undetermined or rejected the figures were still 83.5% and 64.2%, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our results showed that CAN affected more than one in every 100 children visiting our hospital and the expertise of our hospital-based CAN Team led to an intervention in the majority of the reported cases. The broad scope of problems that were encountered underlined the importance of a multi-disciplinary CAN team. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<br><br>This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0803-5253
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.13735
ID  - ref1
ER  -