Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence
| dc.contributor.author | Fieggen, A Graham | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wiemann, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, Carla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van As, Sebastian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Swingler, George | |
| dc.contributor.author | Peter, Jonathan C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-12T10:40:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-12T10:40:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-18T07:57:20Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background. Child abuse is a worldwide scourge. One of its most devastating manifestations is non-accidental head injury (NAHI). Methods. This is a retrospective chart review of children presenting to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital trauma unit with a diagnosis of NAHI over a 3-year period. Results. Sixty-eight children were included in the study and 2 different groups were identified. Fifty-three per cent of the children were deliberately injured (median age 2 years), while 47% were allegedly not the intended target of the assailant (median age 9 months). The assailant was male in 65% of the intentional assaults and male in 100% of the unintentional assaults, with the intended adult victim female in 85% of the latter cases. Overall, 85% of the assaults were committed in the child’s own home. Conclusions. The high proportion of cases in which a young child was injured unintentionally suggests that these infants effectively become shields in assaults committed by adults. In this context any attempts to deal with child abuse must also address the concurrent intimate partner violence. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Fieggen, A. G., Wiemann, M., Brown, C., Van As, S., Swingler, G., & Peter, J. C. (2004). Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28472 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Fieggen, A Graham, Martin Wiemann, Carla Brown, Sebastian Van As, George Swingler, and Jonathan C Peter "Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2004) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28472 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fieggen, A. G., Wiemann, M., Brown, C., Van As, A. B., Swingler, G. H., & Peter, J. C. (2004). Inhuman shields-children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence: original article. South African Medical Journal, 94(4), p-293. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - AU - Fieggen, A Graham AU - Wiemann, Martin AU - Brown, Carla AU - Van As, Sebastian AU - Swingler, George AU - Peter, Jonathan C AB - Background. Child abuse is a worldwide scourge. One of its most devastating manifestations is non-accidental head injury (NAHI). Methods. This is a retrospective chart review of children presenting to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital trauma unit with a diagnosis of NAHI over a 3-year period. Results. Sixty-eight children were included in the study and 2 different groups were identified. Fifty-three per cent of the children were deliberately injured (median age 2 years), while 47% were allegedly not the intended target of the assailant (median age 9 months). The assailant was male in 65% of the intentional assaults and male in 100% of the unintentional assaults, with the intended adult victim female in 85% of the latter cases. Overall, 85% of the assaults were committed in the child’s own home. Conclusions. The high proportion of cases in which a young child was injured unintentionally suggests that these infants effectively become shields in assaults committed by adults. In this context any attempts to deal with child abuse must also address the concurrent intimate partner violence. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence TI - Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28472 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28472 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Fieggen AG, Wiemann M, Brown C, Van As S, Swingler G, Peter JC. Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence. South African Medical Journal. 2004; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28472. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Paediatrics and Child Health | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.title | Inhuman shields — children caught in the crossfire of domestic violence | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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