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Child abuse

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Multidisciplinary Guidelines on the Identification, Investigation and Management of Suspected Abusive Head Trauma [2007]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Child Neglect: Current Definitions and Models: A review of child neglect research, 1993-1998 [2000]
    • Child Maltreatment
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse
    • Kinship care for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children removed from the home for maltreatment
    • Individual and group-based parenting programmes for the treatment of physical child abuse and neglect
    • Cognitive-behavioural interventions for children who have been sexually abused
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Eliminating Violence against Children [2007]
    • Child protection
• United Kingdom
  • British Medical Association
    • Child protection - a tool kit for doctors [2009]
  • Department of Health UK
    • Taskforce on the Health Aspects of Violence against Women and Children: Report from the Child Sexual Abuse sub-group [2010]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Performance of screening tests for child physical abuse in accident and emergency departments [2008]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • When to suspect child maltreatment [2009]
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Child Abuse and Neglect: the role of mental health services [2004]
  • Scottish Government Health Directorates
    • Yes You Can! - Working with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Second Edition [2008]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse by Health Care Providers [2011]
    • The Pediatrician's Role in Child Maltreatment Prevention [2010]
    • Oral and Dental Aspects of Child Abuse and Neglect [2009]
    • Failure to Thrive as a Manifestation of Child Neglect [2009]
    • Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse [2009]
    • Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children [2009]
    • Maltreatment of Children With Disabilities [2007]
    • Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse [2007]
    • The Psychological Maltreatment of Children - Technical Report [2006]
    • Distinguishing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome From Child Abuse Fatalities [2006]
    • The Evaluation of Sexual Abuse in Children [2005]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Suspected Physical Abuse - Child [2009]
  • CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    • Child Maltreatment
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    • Child Abuse Assessment and Resources
  • Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
    • The Child Abuse Referral and Education (CARE) Network [2007]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Child Abuse and Neglect Referral Guidelines [2009]
  • Master of Social Work, University of New England
    • A Child Abuse Statistics and Research Reference Guide For Social Workers
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • When to suspect child maltreatment. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health [2009]
    • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® suspected physical abuse — child [2009]
    • Maltreatment of children with disabilities. American Academy of Pediatrics [2007]
    • Evaluation of suspected child physical abuse. American Academy of Pediatrics [2007]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    • Interim Report to the Congress on the Feasibility of a National Child Abuse Registry [2009]
    • Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children [2008]
    • Developmental Problems of Maltreated Children and Early Intervention Options for Maltreated Children, Literature Review [2007]
    • Rereporting and Recurrence of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS [2005]
    • Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS [2005]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Child maltreatment
• Articles in journals
  • Academic Emergency Medicine
    • Improving Child Protection in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review of Professional Interventions for Health Care Providers [2010]
  • American Family Physician
    • Child Abuse: Approach and Management [2007]
    • Evaluating the Child for Sexual Abuse [2001]
    • Evaluation of Physical Abuse in Children [2000]
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
    • Child Murder by Mothers: A Critical Analysis of the Current State of Knowledge and a Research Agenda [2005]
  • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Screening Children for Family Violence: A Review of the Evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force [2004]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Child abuse – mandatory reporting requirements [2011]
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
    • Treating psychological symptoms in sexually abused children: From research findings to service provision [2003]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Patterns of skeletal fractures in child abuse: systematic review [2008]
    • Suspected child abuse: the potential for justice to miscarry [2003]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey [2009]
    • Child maltreatment prevention: a systematic review of reviews [2009]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Approach to evaluation of sexual assault in children. Experience of a secondary-level regional pediatric sexual assault clinic [2006]
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
    • Children and Violence: The Role of Children’s Regulation in the Marital Aggression–Child Adjustment Link [2009]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Child Abuse and Neglect: Diagnosis and Management [2010]
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    • Measuring health-related quality of life for child maltreatment: A systematic literature review [2007]
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
    • Skin manifestations of child abuse [2010]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Child Abuse [2004]
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
    • Child Maltreatment and Childhood Injury Research: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach [2005]
  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
    • Intergenerational Pathways Linking Childhood Sexual Abuse to HIV Risk Among Women [2009]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Interventions to halt child abuse in Aboriginal communities [2007]
    • Suspected child abuse: false positives or false negatives? [2004]
    • "Munchausen by proxy syndrome": not only pathological parenting but also problematic doctoring? [2003]
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  • Guidelines
    • Violence

Domestic violence

• Australia
  • NSW Public Health Bulletin
    • The NSW Health routine screening for domestic violence program [2007]
• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Intimate Partner Violence during the Perinatal Period  [2003]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Intimate partner violence consensus statement [2005]
• Finland
  • Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
    • Recommendations for the prevention of interpersonal and domestic violence [2008]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Domestic violence screening and intervention programmes for adults with dental or facial injury
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Men and Domestic Violence: What research tells us [2003]
• United Kingdom
  • British Medical Association
    • Domestic abuse
  • Department of Health UK
    • Taskforce on the Health Aspects of Violence against Women and Children: Report from the Domestic Violence sub-group [2010]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • How far does screening women for domestic (partner) violence in different health-care settings meet criteria for a screening programme? Systematic reviews of nine UK National Screening Committee criteria [2009]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
    • Family and Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse [2009]
    • Violence (Position Paper) [2000]
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
    • Mandatory Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence [2007]
  • CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    • Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Spouse Abuse Referral Guidelines [2009]
  • RAND
    • Domestic Violence in the Military: Implementing Collaborative MOUs [2003]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • Building Data Systems for Monitoring and Responding to Violence Against Women (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice) [2000]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    • The Greenbook Initiative Final Evaluation Report [2008]
  • Utah Department of Health
    • Domestic Violence
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • The Integrated Model of Care of Intra-Family Violence [2001]
    • Domestic Violence: Women's Way Out [2000]
  • World Health Organization
    • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: information sheet [2011]
    • WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women [2005]
    • The WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women [2002]
    • Intimate Partner Violence [2002]
    • Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women [2001]
    • Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women [2001]
    • Domestic violence policy documents
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Witnessing Domestic Violence: The Effect on Children [2002]
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
    • Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tools [2009]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Intimate partner violence - identification and response in general practice [2011]
    • Intimate partner violence in deviant settings - Complex needs of women survivors [2006]
  • BioScience Trends
    • Intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka [2010]
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Recognising domestic violence in clinical practice using the diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and low self-esteem [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Routinely asking women about domestic violence in health settings [2003]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Abuse: A risk factor for low birth weight? A systematic review and meta-analysis [2001]
  • International Family Planning Perspectives
    • Reproductive Health Services and Intimate Partner Violence: Shaping a Pragmatic Response In Sub-Saharan Africa [2004]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Neighborhoods, Alcohol Outlets and Intimate Partner Violence: Addressing Research Gaps in Explanatory Mechanisms [2010]
    • Alcoholism and Intimate Partner Violence: Effects on Children’s Psychosocial Adjustment [2009]
  • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
    • Spousal Violence in Bangladesh: A Call for a Public-health Response [2008]
  • Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
    • Women survivors of intimate partner violence and post-traumatic stress disorder: Prediction and prevention [2008]
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
    • Domestic violence screening, policies, and procedures in Indian health service facilities [2001]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Tackling partner violence in families [2006]
  • Substance Use & Misuse
    • Review of the Association between Treatment for Substance Misuse and Reductions in Intimate Partner Violence [2009]
  • Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
    • Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Mental Health Care for Ethnically Diverse Populations of Women [2009]
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  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Domestic violence : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Violence against women, gender-based violence
    • Violence

Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment

• Canada
  • B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
    • Sexual Assault Therapeutic Guidelines [2009]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • The Sexual Abuse of Young People with a Disability or Chronic Health Condition [2011]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Sexual Abuse By Physicians [2003]
• Ethiopia
  • Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
    • Management Guideline for Sexual Assault [2004]
• International
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • Clinical Management of Rape Survivors: Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons (Revised edition) [2005]
• Ireland
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Sexual Assault Treatment Services – A National Review [2006]
• Kenya
  • Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment
    • Standards required in maintaining the chain of evidence in the context of post rape care services: Findings of a study conducted in Kenya [2009]
  • Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
    • National Guidelines on Management of Sexual Violence in Kenya. 2nd Edition, 2009 [2009]
  • Population Council - Kenya
    • The making of the Kenya sexual offenses act, 2006: Behind the scenes [2009]
    • Sexual violence: Setting the research agenda for Kenya [2009]
• Nepal
  • Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
    • Exploring the Nature and Reasons Associated with Sexual Violence within Marriage among Young Couples in Nepal [2008]
• South Africa
  • Sexual Violence Research Initiative
    • Sexual Violence Research Initiative
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Preventing Rape and Violence in South Africa: Call for Leadership in A New Agenda For Action [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
    • 2001 National Guidelines on the Management of Adult Victims of Sexual Assault [2002]
  • Department of Health UK
    • Taskforce on the Health Aspects of Violence against Women and Children: Report from the Sexual Violence Against Women sub-group [2010]
  • Joint Royal Colleges Service Liaison Committee
    • Sexual assault [2006]
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Sexual boundary issues in psychiatric settings [2007]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
    • Rape Victim Treatment [2008]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Educational Settings [2006]
  • CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    • Sexual Violence Prevention
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Sexual assault and STDs. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2010]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    • Finding a Path to Recovery: Residential Facilities for Minor Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking [2007]
  • Utah Department of Health
    • Rape and Sexual Assault
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Perspectives on sexual violence during early years of marriage in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study [2009]
    • WHO ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies [2007]
    • Clinical management of rape survivors [2005]
    • Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings and the Risk of HIV [2004]
    • Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
    • Clinical effects of sexual abuse on people with learning disability: Critical literature review [2003]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Management of people who have been raped [2003]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Delivering post-rape care services: Kenya’s experience in developing integrated services [2009]
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Rape in war: the humanitarian response [2000]
  • JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association
    • Sexual Abuse and Lifetime Diagnosis of Somatic Disorders [2009]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Legislation in Victoria on sexual offenders: issues for health professionals [2005]
    • Crossing professional boundaries in medicine: the slippery slope to patient sexual exploitation [2004]
    • Management of acute adult sexual assault [2003]
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
    • Sexual Abuse History: Prevalence, Health Effects, Mediators, and Psychological Treatment [2005]
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  • Guidelines
    • Violence against women, gender-based violence
    • Violence

Violence

• Australia
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Violence in the workplace [2005]
    • Violence in health care: the contribution of the Australian Patient Safety Foundation to incident monitoring and analysis [2005]
    • Violence in emergency departments: under-reported, unconstrained, and unconscionable [2005]
• United Kingdom
  • Department of Health UK
    • Final reports from the Taskforce on the health aspects of violence against women and children [2010]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Violence [2005]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents [2004]
  • CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    • Violence Prevention
    • Elder Maltreatment Prevention
  • CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    • Occupational Violence
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services [2004]
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
    • Vulnerable Adult Abuse Referral Guidelines [2009]
  • Minnesota Department of Health
    • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • National Institutes of Health
    • Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents: an NIH State-of-the-Science Conference [2004]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Family Violence [2004]
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Violence Prevention
  • World Health Organization
    • Violence prevention : the evidence : overview [2009]
    • Reducing violence through victim identification, care and support programmes [2009]
    • Preventing violence and reducing its impact : how development agencies can help [2008]
    • Manual for estimating the economic costs of injuries due to interpersonal and self-directed violence [2008]
    • The economic dimensions of interpersonal violence [2004]
    • World report on violence and health [2002]
    • Violence Prevention Alliance
    • Violence
    • Gender and Women's Health
    • Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention
• Articles in journals
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Patient initiated aggression and violence in Australian general practice [2010]
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
    • Violence risk prediction: Clinical and actuarial measures and the role of the Psychopathy Checklist [2000]
    • Violence in the workplace: new perspectives in forensic mental health services in the USA [2000]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • kNOw workplace violence: developing programs for managing the risk of aggression in the health care setting [2005]
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  • Guidelines
    • Violence against women, gender-based violence
    • Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment
    • Domestic violence
    • Child abuse

Violence against women, gender-based violence

• Canada
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Physical Abuse During Pregnancy [2004]
  • Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
    • Woman Abuse: Screening, Identification and Initial Response [2005]
• Europe
  • European Youth Centre Budapest
    • Gender Matters
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse
  • International Women's Health Coalition
    • Gender-Based Violence
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Strengthening Understanding of Femicide: Using Research to Galvanize Action and Accountability [2009]
    • Strengthening Regional Work on Gender-Based Violence: A Meeting of Activists, Practitioners, and Researchers from the Horn, East and Southern Africa, Kampala, Uganda, November 8-9, 2006 [2008]
    • Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists [2005]
    • Violence Against Women: The Health Sector Responds [2003]
  • Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium
    • Gender-Based Violence
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • UNFPA Strategy and Framework for Action to Addressing Gender-based Violence 2008-2011 [2009]
    • Ending Widespread Violence Against Women: Promoting Gender Equality
• South Africa
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • Every six hours a woman is killed by her intimate partner [2004]
• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Government Health Directorates
    • Gender-based violence action plan [2008]
• United States of America
  • Washington State Department of Health
    • Violence Against Women
• WHO
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds [2003]
    • Violence against Women
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Gender-based violence in the Western Pacific Region [2006]
    • Integrating poverty and gender into health programmes - A sourcebook for health professionals: Module on Gender-Based Violence [2005]
  • World Health Organization
    • Expert meeting on health-sector responses to violence against women, 17-19 March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland [2010]
    • Addressing violence against women and HIV/AIDS: what works? [2010]
    • Violence Against Women: A Priority Health Issue [1997]
    • Gender-based violence
    • Department of Gender, Women and Health
• Articles in journals
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Violence against women: an urgent public health priority [2011]
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Battered bodies & shattered minds: violence against women in Bangladesh [2007]
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  • Guidelines
    • Violence
    • Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment
    • Domestic violence