OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child Abuse Review is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect: Insights from scoping reviews, systematic reviews and meta‐analyses	22
Families with Parental Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Narrative Review of Family‐Focused Practice	16
Assessing Sexual Behaviours in Children and Young People: A Realistic Evaluation of the Brook Traffic Light Tool	11
Gender Differences in the Disclosure of Sexual Abuse in Chilean Adolescents	11
‘Nothing happened’: Legal implications of false denials among abused children	10
Professionals' Views on Responding to County Lines‐Related Criminal Exploitation in the West Midlands, UK	10
Abusive Head Trauma through Shaking: Examination of the Perpetrators According to Dating of the Traumatic Event	9
Screening Children with a History of Maltreatment for PTSD in Frontline Social Care Organisations: An Explorative Study	9
Using Parental Attachment in Family Court Proceedings: DMM Theory about the Adult Attachment Interview	9
If It's Not on the System, Then It Hasn't Been Done: ‘Ofsted Anxiety Disorder’ as a Barrier to Social Worker Discretion	9
Social Worker and Midwife Decision Making Regarding Child Protection Risk and the Unborn Baby: A Qualitative Study	8
Transgender identity and experiences of sexual harassment in adolescence	8
Challenges in Determining Child Maltreatment Fatalities: What Do We Really Know?	7
Comparing Child Homicide: An Examination of Characteristics by Degrees of Intimacy	6
Reflections on Practice during a Pandemic: How do we Continue to Ensure Effective Communication during the COVID‐19 Pandemic?	6
Abusive head trauma follows witnessed infant shaking	6
How Adults Tell: A Study of Adults' Experiences of Disclosure to Child Protection Social Work Services	6
Using Parental Attachment in Family Court Proceedings: An Empirical Study of the DMM‐AAI	6
Are Child Welfare Intervention Rates Higher or Lower in Areas Targeted for Enhanced Early Years Services?	5
Gender Differences among Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth in Israel	5
Adverse childhood experiences and potential pathways to filicide perpetration: A systematic search and review	5
What Helps? Mothers' and Children's Experiences of Community‐Based Early Intervention Programmes for Domestic Violence	5
High risk of severe child abuse and poly‐victimisation in families with parental substance misuse – results from a swedish school‐based survey	5
School‐based abuse prevention programming: Implementation of child safety matters with minority youth	5
Children's Human Rights to ‘Participation’ and ‘Protection’: Rethinking the relationship using Barnahus as a case example	5

Sexual Trauma in Childhood and Adulthood as Predictors of Psychotic‐like Experiences: The Mediating Role of Dissociation	4
Safeguarding Children When Fabricated or Induced Illness Is Suspected or Proven: Reviewing the Experiences of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England	4
Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence	4
Constructing a Compelling Case: Nurses' Experiences of Communicating Abuse and Neglect	4
Trauma‐informed care in childcare organisations to support children exposed to child maltreatment: Joint conclusions of four European countries	4
Circular reasoning, confessions and abusive head trauma: A critical analysis of Edwards et al. (2020)	4
A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not	4
Criteria‐Based Content Analysis in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: A Cross‐Cultural Perspective	4
A Structured Review of the Literature on Abusive Head Trauma Prevention	4
Would Shared Health Visitor and Emergency Department Records Improve Recognition of Child Maltreatment within the Emergency Department? A Prospective Multicentre Study	4
Factors Associated with Child Maltreatment Fatality among Young Children with an Open Child Protective Services Case at Death	4
Child Protection Investigations in Scotland: A 33 Per Cent Increase in Two Years	4
Child Abuse and Neglect and the Burden of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Families: A Series of Cases Consulted at the German Medical Child Protection Hotline	4
Friends and safeguarding: Young people's views about safety and to whom they would share safety concerns	3
Integration of a Sexual Abuse Prevention Programme in the First‐Grade Indonesian Curriculum to Improve Children's Self‐Protection	3
The unique relationship between childhood sexual abuse, self‐injury and suicide ideation: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation	3
Does the BuRN‐Tool Score Correctly Predict Cases of Maltreatment in Children Referred for a Child Protection Medical Assessment?	3
Dyadic Reports Using the Parental Support after Child Sexual Abuse Measure: Psychometrics and Associations with Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms	3
‘What am I Bringing into the Room?’ Perception and Management of Interviewer Bias in Child Sexual Abuse Interviews: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis	3
Speak out, stay safe: Including children with special educational needs and disabilities in an evaluation of an abuse prevention programme	3
Hearing the Voice of the Child in Safeguarding Processes: Exploring Different Voices and Competing Narratives	3
Community views on ‘Can perinatal services safely identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma?’	3
‘It's like a much deeper understanding and you kind of believe them more …’: The value of peer support for young people affected by sexual violence	3
How Child‐Focused are Child Protection Conferences?	3
Missing Data, Complex Processes and Differing Contexts: A Case File Analysis of School Staff's Involvement in Child Protection Cases for Concerns of Neglect	3
Disorders in the Executive Performance of Children Suffering Abuse	3
Child welfare worker wellness: An ethical imperative in the service of children	3
Evaluating Assessment Tools in Child Protection: A Conceptual Framework of Internal and Ecological Requirements	3
A Study of Alternative Measures in Resolving Cases of Child Sexual Abuse among the Ga Community in Accra, Ghana	2
Are we starting to ‘think family’? evidence from a case file audit of parents and children supported by mental health, addictions and children's services	2
School‐based interventions to reduce teacher violence against children: a systematic review	2
Review of the Literature on Child Protection and Domestic Violence Electronic Medical Record Alerts	2
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If we Ask, Will they Tell? (and Then, What?): Screening for Sexual Violence against Children in Kenya	2
Adverse childhood experiences and smoking status in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
‘The fruit of consultation’: Findings from an online survey on co‐production as a solution to the challenges of safeguarding children and young people in International Christian work	2
Findings from a Thematic Multidisciplinary Analysis of Child Practice Reviews in Wales	2
Reports of Animal Abuse in Child Protection Referrals: A Study of Cases from One South Australian Service	2
Recognising Limitations: Pitfalls in Drawing Conclusions about Abusive Head Trauma	2
The effect of training about child sexual, physical and emotional abuse	2
‘From their own words’: A co‐produced study interpreting children and young people's experiences of emotional abuse and neglect expressed in anonymous, online peer‐peer message forums	2
Forensic medical examinations: The body as gateway to healing after child sexual abuse	2
Navigating peer relationships: What do friendships look like for children whose parents have mental illnesses?	2
Giving HOPE and minimising trauma: An intervention to support women who are separated from their babies at birth due to safeguarding concerns	2
Factors affecting frequency of child maltreatment in South Korea	2
Child Sexual Exploitation: A Survey of Knowledge and Confidence of Healthcare Providers in Saskatchewan, Canada	2
Understanding Medical Neglect on the Frontline of Child Protection	2
Non‐technical Skills for Child Protection Professionals: The Importance of Human Factors	2
Tailoring service and system design for families known to child protection: A rapid exploratory analysis of the characteristics of families	2
Gastrointestinal problems and non‐Oral feeding in children evaluated for medical child abuse (fabricated and induced illness)	2

Defining Child Sexual Abuse: Perspectives from Mothers Who Experienced this Abuse	2
Narratives of Neglect in Social Work with Children and Families: The Relationship between Voice and Narrative	2
Child Welfare Reform: The Role of Federal Court Oversight in Child Protective Service Workers' Caseloads	2
Clown doctors and forensic paediatricians enhance the patient experience at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne	2
Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse: The Effect of an Educational Programme on the Attitude, Knowledge and Behaviours of a Sample of Iranian Nurses	2
Prevalence and determinants of caregivers’ self‐reported child abuse among children aged 3–6 years in the south of Iran	2
Primary and Secondary Effects on Long‐Term Educational Outcomes of Individuals with Experience of Child Welfare Interventions	2