Spotlight on child abuse and neglect response in the time of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: elizabeth.thomas@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; COVID-19 Task Force on Domestic Violence, Boston, MA, USA.
³ CHILD USAdvocacy, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Global Health Innovations Laboratory, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.

Comment

Elizabeth York Thomas et al. Lancet Public Health. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;5(7):e371.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30143-2.

¹ Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: elizabeth.thomas@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; COVID-19 Task Force on Domestic Violence, Boston, MA, USA.
³ CHILD USAdvocacy, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Global Health Innovations Laboratory, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.

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COVID-19: a public health approach to manage domestic violence is needed.
Chandan JS, Taylor J, Bradbury-Jones C, Nirantharakumar K, Kane E, Bandyopadhyay S. Chandan JS, et al. Lancet Public Health. 2020 Jun;5(6):e309. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30112-2. Epub 2020 May 10. Lancet Public Health. 2020. PMID: 32401709 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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