Author: Jasmyn J. Tang, MPH
April 24, 2024
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Sources
American SPCC: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2023/new-child-maltreatment-report-finds-child-abuse-and-neglect-decreased-five-year
Center for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childsexualabuse/fastfact.html
Internet Watch Foundation: https://www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/news/eu-still-hosts-the-most-child-sexual-abuse-material-in-the-world/
National Children Alliance: https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/national-statistics-on-child-abuse/#:~:text=More%20than%20600%2C000%20children%20are,COVID%2D19%20pandemic%20in%202021.
Pan American Health Organization: https://www.paho.org/en/topics/violence-against-children#:~:text=Globally%2C%201%20in%202%20children,abuse%20in%20the%20past%20year
World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-children