Child Abuse Consultation Rates Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

Xerxes Seposo; Aden Kay Celis-Seposo; Kayo Ueda

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1878

Child Abuse Consultation Rates Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e231878. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1878.

Authors

Xerxes Seposo^{1

2}, Aden Kay Celis-Seposo², Kayo Ueda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
² School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the association between the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic and child abuse consultations in 47 Japanese prefectures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Child
Child Abuse* / prevention & control
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Pandemics
Referral and Consultation