Barriers To Reporting Child Abuse In Pediatric Nursing
Introduction A survey conducted in the United States in 2011 reported 675,000 victims of child abuse and neglect. Despite the fact that the number replicates approximately 1% of American citizens under the age of 18 years, available evidence proves beyond doubt that child maltreatment is underreported. Child maltreatment increases the risk of drug abuse, violence and delinquency behaviors, and depressive symptoms among the maltreated pediatrics. Several Federal governments of the





