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Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of the Pediatrician

Abstract

The American Academy of Pediatrics and its members recognize the importance of improving the physician's ability to recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) and understand its effects on child health and development and its role in the continuum of family violence. Pediatricians are in a unique position to identify abused caregivers in pediatric settings and to evaluate and treat children raised in homes in which IPV may occur. Children exposed to IPV are at increased risk of being abused and neglected and are more likely to develop adverse health, behavioral, psychological, and social disorders later in life. Identifying IPV, therefore, may be one of the most effective means of preventing child abuse and identifying caregivers and children who may be in need of treatment and/or therapy. Pediatricians should be aware of the profound effects of exposure to IPV on children.

Authors

Thackeray JD; Hibbard R; Dowd MD

Journal

, Vol. 125, No. 5, pp. 1094–1100

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Publication Date

May 1, 2010

DOI

10.1542/peds.2010-0451

ISSN

0031-4005

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