Child Abuse

Children and young people who are victims of child abuse need support. This topic provides information on where to go for help, support services and what to do if you or someone you know has been abused.

24 hour support and information about child abuse is provided by Reachout [Inspire Foundation]

Updated December 2007

 

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Title:   Injury among young Australians
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report provides comprehensive information on injury incidence, hospitalisations and deaths among young people in Australia. It presents the most up-to-date available data, as well as trend data, on major causes of injury for this population group, including transport accidents, intentional self-harm and suicide, assault and accidental poisoning.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Never shake a baby
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Never shake your baby. Shaking a baby can cause serious harm to a baby's brain.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Surviving sexual abuse
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sexual abuse can be physical, verbal and/or emotional. It is an abuse of power and often of trust.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Surviving sexual abuse (young men)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sexual abuse is a serious crime and can have many short and long term effects on a victim/survivor.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Pornography on the internet
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The definition of child pornography' differs from one legal jurisdiction to the next across the world. This makes it difficult to establish uniform laws to police the Internet. Australians can report illegal sites to the Australian Broadcasting Authority or the police.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   An abusive relationship
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Violence in a relationship can become destructive and physically and emotionally dangerous. If you are experiencing violence in a relationship, things can feel very confusing. This factsheet includes info on key signs of an abusive relationship, what to do if you are being abused, breaking the cycle of violence, and where you can go to get help.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Child abuse
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children and young people have the right to be safe. The protection of children and young people is the responsibility of families and the community.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Internet safety
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The net can be a lot a lot of fun but young people using the internet need to be aware of the dangers, scams and rip-offs that are out there, and how to avoid them.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Parent with mental illness
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many of the things that affect parents or are stressful for parents also affect their children. Research tells us that about 20% of people will be diagnosed with a mental health problem at some time during their lives.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Drink spiking
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   An alarming trend in recent years is the increased use of drugs (illicit, prescription or alcohol) in sexual assault.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   Sexual violence: Student factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Sexual violence against women is one of the most severe manifestations of women's unequal position is society. It has an impact on its victims' experiences of safety, self esteem, body image, relationships, sexuality, parenting and health.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Rape
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Rape is a crime of violence that can happen to anyone - women, men and children. There are many myths and misunderstandings about rape.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Rape
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic discusses what rape is and what effects it has, reporting of rape, and the support services that are available.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Running away from home
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Have you ever been in trouble at home and thought to yourself, 'I'll run away ... and then they'll be sorry!' I remember thinking that when I was little.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Aboriginal - child abuse and neglect
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Child abuse and neglect hurts children and families. Abuse includes, sexual, emotional and physical. Neglect is not caring or thinking about what a child needs.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Keeping yourself safe
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   What if someone was yelling at you, or hurting you, or touching you, or asking you to touch them? What if bigger people were fighting? How could you keep yourself safe?
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Out of home care
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   There are a range of different types of out of home care, depending on your needs, your situation and the availability of services. Check out this factsheet to find out more info.

Title:   Child abuse - how to get support
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet is for anyone who has experienced child abuse and to find out where and how to get support and help.
Date:   Jul 2007

Title:   School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Childhood sexual abuse is a serious problem for school aged children worldwide. There is no consistent definition of sexual abuse. Some studies restrict sexual abuse to instances of sexual body contact with the child, while others define sexual abuse as...
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Child abuse - reporting procedures
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Some professionals, including doctors, nurses, police and school teachers, are legally obliged to report suspected child abuse to the Child Protection Service. To make a notification, these professionals must believe on reasonable grounds that a child is in need of protection; proof is not required.
Date:   Apr 2007
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