An estimated 3.3 million children aged 3 to 17 years may witness domestic abuse of a parent every year in the United States ("Health Plus"). ... Children depend on their parents to provide a safe, stable and predictable environment. ... As with preschoolers, school-age children exposed to domestic violence are more prone to show an increase in sleep disturbances, and less likely to investigate and play freely and to show motivation to control their environment (Katz 157). ... Individual therapy is specified for children who show extreme symptoms, even though approaches vary ("Health Plus". ......

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Furthermore, as a social worker, you will work with families in their homes and environments. ... Myth I won't need to know much about social justice issues or cultural competency because the children in CPS have been severely physically abused or sexually abused by deviant parents with mental health problems that stem entirely from psychological deficiencies that are unrelated to their environments. ... Many parents involved with CPS have mental health problems including substance abuse. However, it is not necessarily always these mental health issues that created the conditions wh...

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It takes into consideration a number of risk factors that affect a child's parental and familial environment, and analyzes these collectively to produce a total risk overview. ... Safeguarding is a broad term that encompasses protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of health and development and ensuring children have safe and effective care. ... Lyon (2002) states that harm is defined by Section 31 of the Children Act 1989 as meaning "ill treatment or the impairment of health or development." ... All health care organizations have a duty outlined in legislation, suc...

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An estimated 120 million children worldwide, work everyday, full time, often at the expense of their education, health and natural development. ... When children are forced to work at a young age, they can also develop serious health problems. "Health problems are compounded for children because they are more susceptible than adults to the types of illnesses and injuries associated with occupational hazards" (Parker, 1999). ... One eight year-old boy, Munnilal, from Varanasi, India, was freed when a raid was lead on the factory in which he worked and was kept in a slave-like environment. ...

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Women, who may have grown up in this type of environment, marry into it and accept it from their own husbands. ... The one thing that everybody agrees with concerning domestic violence, is all entities involved (mental health, law enforcement, court system, and probation) must work together to have a realistic goal of preventing this deviant behavior. ...

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Which then also affects the children in areas such as relationships, education, physical activities, health and their violent character. ... The only way for us to have the right to live in a safe environment is to have more parental involvement with your children, limit domestic abuse, cut back on school bullying and restrict violent television. ...

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Child abuse has serious physical and psycho-social consequences which adversely affect the health and overall well-being of a child. 1. CHILD ABUSE – BASIC DEFINITIONS "Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power". (World Health Organization) "Any recent act or failure to act on the ...

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Health care providers prescribe antidepressants, narcotics, and anti-anxiety drugs to woman more than men and these drugs are extremely addictive. ... Health problems including headaches, confusion, drowsiness, fainting and lowered or elevated blood pressure. ... The effects can last a lifetime causing health problems, damage to their brain and mental disorders. ... Growing up in these unstable environments puts them at risk for becoming substance abusiers themselves. ...

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Child abuse consists of any act of commission or omission that endangers or impairs a child's physical or emotional health and development. ... Children who have been neglect may show signs of "medical problems may be a result of malnutrition, which can result in deformities and life-long poor health (Munkel, 1996). ... "These include: Inadequate nutrition, clothing, or hygiene, inadequate medical, dental, or mental health care, unsafe environments, and inadequate supervision, including use of inadequate caretakers, abandonment or expulsion from the home." ...

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The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and that the myths which had previously rationalized why such violence occurred between men and women who supposedly loved each other are untrue. Every minute in the United States, four women are beaten by a significant ...

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In fact, in North Carolina it is the "number one public health issue facing women and children. " While laws have been put into effect that provide for the safety and welfare of the abused parent, little consideration has been afforded to the children in these situations. ... Putting into place the "rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to be placed in the custody of the nonoffending primary caregiver " would provide for a safe and secure environment for the children. ...

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Domestic violence against women is widespread phenomenon that has affected the lives and health of women's mental and physical health. ... These two factors may lead to poor health, death, and other psychological problems. ...

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