ArticleMonatsschrift Kinderheilkunde : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Kinderheilkunde2021
[Medical child protection during the coronavirus lockdown].
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- Changes in mental health in the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic - Results of a rapid review.Journal of health monitoring · 2023Article
- Impact of the First COVID Lockdown on Accident- and Injury-Related Pediatric Intensive Care Admissions in Germany-A Multicenter Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Does the Progression of the COVID-19 Pandemic Have an Influence on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Young People? A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- [Children in the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health service (ÖGD) : Data and reflections from Frankfurt am Main, Germany].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Article
- [Early childhood intervention from a distance-opportunities and challenges in supporting psychosocially stressed families in the COVID-19 pandemic].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Review
- Next generation Europe: a recovery plan for children, adolescents and their families : For the time after the pandemic, we need a vision and investments for the future.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are indications that during the lockdown and the measures of social distancing due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, physical and sexual child abuse and neglect may have increased. Additionally, decreased social control may have led to a lower detection rate of child protection cases.
objectiveThis study aimed to better understand the impact of the lockdown in Germany on the frequency and severity of child abuse and neglect. To do so the quantity and quality of cases of suspected child abuse and neglect in German pediatric departments and outpatient departments for medical child protection were examined.
methodsIn May 2020 a total of 343 institutions of medical child protection were invited to fill in a questionnaire with items describing their institution and items depicting cases of child protection in March and April 2019 and 2020 regarding age, form and severity of abuse as well as items to describe particular remarks and ideas for child protection during the pandemic.
resultsOut of the 343 pediatric departments and outpatient departments of medical child protection invited, the participation rate was 46%. In this study 81 institutions reported the total cases of suspected child abuse or neglect for both March and April 2019 and 2020. The number of cases dropped from 454 to 387 (-15%) in outpatient child abuse clinics and from 307 to 246 (-20%) in pediatric inpatient departments. Regarding the age of affected children and the form of abuse no significant differences were found.
conclusionThe study found a decrease in reported cases of suspected child abuse and neglect during the lockdown in March and April 2020 compared to 2019. While the results do not show an increase of total child abuse and neglect, as suspected by many professionals, the decrease in reported cases may be explained by a steep increase in unreported cases due to reduced social control.
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