NUR 4445 Child Abuse & Substance Abuse

NUR 4445 Child Abuse & Substance Abuse
1. What are risk factors for child abuse in children (7)?
Answer
- emotional/behavioral difficulties
- chronic illness
- unplanned child
- unwanted child
- physical disabilities
- developmental disabilities
- preterm birth
2. What are risk factors present in parents that can lead to child abuse (7)?
Answer
- low self-esteem
- poor impulse control
- substance abuse/alcohol abuse
- parent abused as a child
- depression/other mental illness
- poor knowledge of child development/unrealistic expectations of child
- negative perception of normal child behavior
3. What are environmental/community risk factorsfor child abuse (7)?
Answer
-social isolation
- poverty
- unemployment
- low educational achievement
- single parent
- non-biologically related male living in home
- family or IPV