Sullivan P M, Knutson J F
Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2000 Oct;24(10):1257-73. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(00)00190-3.
To assess the prevalence of abuse and neglect among a population of children identified as a function of an existing disability, relate specific types of disabilities to specific types of abuse, and to determine the effect of abuse and neglect on academic achievement and attendance rates for children with and without disabilities.
An electronic merger of school records with Central Registry, Foster Care Review Board, and police databases was followed by a detailed record review of the circumstances of maltreatment.
Analyses of the circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities established a 9% prevalence rate of maltreatment for nondisabled children and a 31% prevalence rate for the disabled children. Thus, the study established a significant association between the presence of an educationally relevant disability and maltreatment.
Children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be maltreated than nondisabled peers. School professionals need to be cognizant of the high base rate of maltreatment among the children they serve. Disability status needs to be considered in national incidence studies of maltreatment.
评估因现有残疾而被认定的儿童群体中虐待和忽视行为的发生率，将特定类型的残疾与特定类型的虐待行为相关联，并确定虐待和忽视行为对残疾儿童和非残疾儿童学业成绩及出勤率的影响。
将学校记录与中央登记处、寄养审查委员会和警方数据库进行电子合并，随后对虐待情况进行详细的记录审查。
对虐待情况和残疾状况的分析表明，非残疾儿童的虐待发生率为9%，残疾儿童为31%。因此，该研究确定了与教育相关的残疾与虐待行为之间存在显著关联。
残疾儿童遭受虐待的可能性是非残疾同龄人的3.4倍。学校专业人员需要认识到他们所服务的儿童中虐待行为的高发生率。在全国虐待发生率研究中需要考虑残疾状况。
