Observational studyChild abuse & neglect2022
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect: A cross-sectional study in a French Child Advocacy Center.
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- Are we back to normal? Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals to a child protection service in a tertiary care centre in Vienna, Austria.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Professional mental health aid for children, adolescents, and young adults during COVID-19 in Flanders, Belgium.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home": Child Maltreatment Investigators' Perspectives of COVID-19's Effects on Maltreated Children.Child maltreatment · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic On Violence Against Children: A Narrative Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- The monthly incidence of abusive head trauma, inflicted skeletal trauma, and unexplained skin lesion in children in six French university hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Increased severity of abusive head trauma during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Two years into COVID-19: What do we know so far about child maltreatment in times of a pandemic and what else should be explored?Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
- Abusive Head Trauma in Infants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Paris Metropolitan Area.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health: A matter of concern-A joint statement from EAP and ECPCP.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to describe the impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown in France on the activity of a Child Advocacy Center.
methodsThis cross-sectional, observational study included all children involved in the activity of the CAC during the first lockdown, from March 16 to May 10, 2020 and the next 3 months and the corresponding periods in 2018 and 2019. Cases were considered severe when a hospitalization, social alert and/or judicial report to the prosecutor was decided.
resultsData for 1583 children were analyzed. During the lockdown, the global center activity decreased with 26.4 consultations per 100.000 children in 2018, 46 in 2019 and 20.7 in 2020 (p < 0.001). Judicial activity decreased (forensic examinations and child forensic interview recordings), whereas assessment consultations increased. Cases were more severe during the lockdown than in 2019 and 2018 (12.3, 9.4 and 6.04/100.000 children, respectively, p < 0.0001). The global activity of the center increased in the 3 months after the lockdown as compared with during the lockdown (38.2/100.000 versus 20.7/100.000, respectively, p < 0.001) but did not differ from activity in 2018 and 2019. Severe cases were more frequent in the 3 months after the lockdown than the previous years (13.7/100.000 in 2020, 9.62 in 2019 and 8.17 in 2018, p = 0.0002).
conclusionThe CAC activity decreased during the lockdown in France but the increase in incidence of severe abuse cases during the lockdown and the next 3 months confirm the need for optimal screening, care and support of child abuse and neglect victims even in the context of health crisis.
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