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Child and Youth Maltreatment Section

Position statements

Recognizing and responding to children with suspected exposure to intimate partner violence between caregivers
Posted: Nov 14, 2023
Medical neglect: Working with children, youth, and families
Posted: Sep 23, 2022
The medical evaluation of pre-pubertal children with suspected sexual abuse
Posted: Apr 14, 2020 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026

Practice points

Medical assessment of suspected traumatic head injury due to child maltreatment (THI-CM)
Posted: Jul 18, 2024
The medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: Infants and young children with skeletal injury
Posted: Apr 12, 2018
The medical assessment of bruising in suspected child maltreatment cases: A clinical perspective
Posted: Oct 3, 2013 | Reaffirmed: Jan 30, 2017

Joint statements

Joint Statement on Traumatic Head Injury due to Child Maltreatment (THI-CM): An update to the Joint Statement on Shaken Baby Syndrome: Developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Public Health Agency of Canada
Posted: July 14, 2020

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