Background Violence against children and youth poses public health risks regarding mental
health symptoms and substance use. Less studied is the relationship between violence and …

This study aimed to examine the effect of lockdown restrictions on domestic homicide
incidents in England and Wales. We analyzed data on 1,104 domestic homicides recorded …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic was a stressful period. Lockdowns may have added to
parental difficulty leading to an increase in violence. This study aimed to compare the …

Objective This study examined how family factors impacted parents' attitudes toward
integrated behavioral health (IBH) in pediatric primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Child maltreatment (CM) is a public health problem with devastating effects on individuals,
families, and communities. Resident physicians have varied formal education in CM, and …

This chapter examines the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the
already unequal access vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people (CYP) …

Background The current study examined whether children in foster care have better
cognitive and social-emotional outcomes at kindergarten age when they enroll in formal …

We examined how early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers supported families
during the Covid-19 lockdown and whether the extent and type of support were associated …

The current commentary provides an introduction to the special issue examining COVID-19-
related professional challenges, innovations, and implications for child maltreatment victims …

Domestic and family violence and child protection are core practice and research contexts
for social work, and many articles in this Issue address these topics. As we know, domestic …