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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect

1. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. Child maltreatment includes all types of abuse and neglect of a child under the age of 12 by a parent, caregiver, or another person in a custodial role that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. B. Child maltreatment includes all types of abuse and neglect of a child under the age of 14 by a parent, caregiver, or another person in a custodial role that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. C. Child maltreatment includes all types of abuse and neglect of a child under the age of 16 by a parent, caregiver, or another person in a custodial role that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. D. Child maltreatment includes all types of abuse and neglect of a child under the age of 18 by a parent, caregiver, or another person in a custodial role that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.

2. A fellow health care professional has questions regarding neglect. Which of the following informational points of interest should be communicated to the health care professional regarding neglect?

A. Neglect typically involves shaming. B. Examples of neglect often include withholding love and threatening. C. Neglect can refer to the failure to meet a child’s basic physical and emotional needs. D. Neglect cannot be prevented.

3. According to the course text, children living in families with a low socioeconomic status have rates of child abuse and neglect that are five times higher than those of children living in families with a higher socioeconomic status.

A. True B. False

4. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. Risk factors associated with child abuse victimization can include chronic physical illnesses. B. Risk factors associated with child abuse victimization do not typically include mental health issues. C. Risk factors associated with child abuse perpetration include older parental ages. D. Risk factors associated with child abuse perpetration do not typically include social isolation.

5. Strengthening household financial security can reduce child abuse and neglect by improving parents’ ability to satisfy children’s basic needs.

A. True B. False

6. Which of the following statements regarding family-friendly work policies is most accurate?

A. Paid maternity leave increases the frequency and duration of breastfeeding. Although, breastfeeding is not typically a protective against child abuse and neglect. B. Paid maternity leave increases the frequency and duration of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding, in turn, is potentially protective against child abuse and neglect. C. Paid maternity leave typically decreases the frequency of breastfeeding. D. Paid maternity leave typically decreases the frequency and duration of breastfeeding.

7. According to the course text, which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. Past research has suggested that states meeting the demand for child care assistance and neighborhoods with more licensed child care spaces relative to child care need had higher rates of child abuse and neglect. B. Past research has suggested that states meeting the demand for child care assistance and neighborhoods with fewer licensed child care spaces relative to child care need had higher rates of child abuse and neglect. C. Past research has suggested that states meeting the demand for child care assistance and neighborhoods with fewer licensed child care spaces relative to child care need had lower rates of child abuse and neglect. D. Past research has suggested that states meeting the demand for child care assistance and neighborhoods with more licensed child care spaces relative to child care need had lower rates of child abuse and neglect.

8. Strategies which provide quality care and education early in life typically lead to increased rates of grade retention and special education services.

A. True B. False

9. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A. Strategies which are used to enhance parenting skills to promote healthy child development typically lead to an increased number of and time spent in out-of-home placements. B. Strategies which are used to enhance parenting skills to promote healthy child development typically lead to an increase in delayed immunizations. C. Strategies which are used to enhance parenting skills to promote healthy child development typically lead to an increase in child-related depression. D. Strategies which are used to enhance parenting skills to promote healthy child development typically lead to reductions in parental depression.

10. Monitoring and evaluation are necessary components of the public health approach to child abuse prevention.

A. True B. False


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