Assessing Child Abuse Hotline Inquiries in the Wake of COVID-19: Answering the Call

Robin Ortiz; Rachel Kishton; Laura Sinko; Michelle Fingerman; Diane Moreland; Joanne Wood; Atheendar Venkataramani

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0525

Assessing Child Abuse Hotline Inquiries in the Wake of COVID-19: Answering the Call

JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Aug 1;175(8):859-861. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0525.

Authors

Robin Ortiz^{1

2}, Rachel Kishton¹, Laura Sinko¹, Michelle Fingerman³, Diane Moreland⁴, Joanne Wood², Atheendar Venkataramani⁵

Affiliations

¹ National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, Scottsdale, Arizona.
⁴ Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe.
⁵ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses inquiries to a child distress hotline during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with inquiries during the same period the previous year.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Child
Child Abuse / statistics & numerical data*
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Hotlines / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology