Nursing NUR203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anti-Social Behaviour, Autism Spectrum, Postterm Pregnancy
9 Nov 2016
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Child maltreatment includes intentional physical abuse or neglect, emotional abuse or neglect, and sexual abuse of children, usually by adults. Emotional abuse: deliberate attempt to destroy or significantly impair a child"s self-esteem or competence. Child neglect: most common form of maltreatment. Failure of a parent or other person legally responsible for child"s welfare to provide for child"s basic needs and an adequate level of care: contributing factors. Lack of knowledge of child"s needs, lack of resources, caretaker substance abuse: physical neglect deprivation of necessities (food, clothing, shelter, supervision, medical care, and education) Emotional neglect failure to meet child"s needs for affection, attention, nurturing, or lack of intervention for or fostering of maladaptive behavior (delinquency, substance abuse) Sexual abuse: deliberate infliction of physical injury on a child, usually by child"s caregiver. = interview: often perpetrated by someone known to child, including family members. Small children may imitate behaviors they have had perpetrated on themselves or have seen others do.
