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Cultural Competence: Child Abuse and Neglect
Resources that explore the relationship between culture and child maltreatment, including how child abuse and neglect is viewed in different cultures and how child welfare workers can respond. Includes information on domestic violence and State and local examples.
Child Abuse and Culture: Working with Diverse Families
Fontes (2005)
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Provides a framework for culturally competent practice in child maltreatment cases.
Cultural Aspects
Fox (2005)
In Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide and Reference
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Explores the relationship between culture and child maltreatment.
Cultural Evidence, Child Maltreatment, and the Law
Levesque
Child Maltreatment, 5(2), 2000
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Addresses the use of cultural evidence in child maltreatment law.
Cultural Issues in the Relation Between Child Disabilities and Child Abuse
Kapitanoff & Lutzker
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5(3), 2000
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Provides examples of cultural practices that could impact the perceived link between disabilities and abuse.
Disproportionate Representation of Race and Ethnicity in Child Maltreatment: Investigation and Victimization
Fluke, Yuan, Hedderson, & Curtis
Children and Youth Services Review, 25(5/6), 2003
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Examines the disproportionality of racial and ethnic groups in investigation and disposition of child maltreatment.
Do American Ethnic Cultures Differ in Their Definitions of Child Sexual Abuse?
Lowe, Pavkov, Casanova, & Wetchler
American Journal of Family Therapy, 33(2), 2005
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Investigation of whether Whites, African-Americans, and Hispanics have different notions of what constitutes child sexual abuse and when to report it.
Ethnicity, Disability, and Risk for Abuse
Randall, Sobsey, & Parrila
Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 29(1), 2001
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Analysis of the interaction of ethnicity, disability status, and risk of abuse.
Race, Poverty, and Neglect
Charlow
William Mitchell Law Review, 28(2), 2002
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Examines the link between poverty and maltreatment to identify appropriate methods for responding to findings of neglect in poor families.
Domestic violence
Fostering Resilient Coping in Children Exposed to Violence: Cultural Considerations
Graham-Bermann & Halabu (2004)
In Protecting Children from Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention
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Factors that should be addressed by domestic violence programs serving ethnic minority children.
Guidelines on the Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment (PDF - 555 KB)
Safe from the Start (Project) (2004)
Information about cultural competence as it relates to the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment.
State and local examples
Hmong Children's Program: 2000-01 & 2001-02 Evaluation Report (PDF - 514 KB)
Mbilinyi (2003)
Describes domestic abuse groups for Hmong children who have experienced or been exposed to abuse and their parents.