US: Report of Maltreatment: a major risk factor for child mortality (Opinion)
Child Welfare Monitor – September 07, 2021
There has been a spate of new research demonstrating that children who have been the subject of a child abuse or neglect report are more likely to die from many major causes than other children, even when confounding factors are controlled. This increasing body of evidence has major policy implications, including the need to intervene with high-risk infants at or before birth.
https://childwelfaremonitor.org/2021/09/07/report-of-maltreatment-a-major-risk-factor-for-child-mortality/