Tag: child abuse
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59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adverse childhood experiences when assessing their patients’ poor health because ACEs have...
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Kids Count report says hard times in early childhood are more likely in Ky. than rest of U.S.; bad times have long-term effects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of every five children in Kentucky, by the time they are 5 years old, has experienced two or more adverse childhood experiences such...
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Courier-Journal editorial says Beshear must set Cabinet for Health and Family Services right on child-abuse records
The Courier-Journal published a remarkable editorial Sunday excoriating the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the high level of secrecy in which it has enveloped cases of children who...
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No-Hit zones in place in pediatric wards of Kosair and U of L children’s hospitals
Health professionals and other employees at Kosair Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville pediatrics unit were given an unusual tool this week when it was announced that their facilities...
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More child-welfare indicators added to Kids Count data site
Kentucky Youth Advocates has added four new child welfare indicators to the agency’s Kids Count Data Center. These four new indicators provide Kentuckians and those who report on them with...
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New state web portal eases non-emergency reporting of child and adult abuse and neglect
The state Department for Community Based Services has launched a web-based portal for reporting child and adult abuse and neglect in non-emergency situations. According to DCBS Commissioner Teresa James, the new...
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Under scrutiny and criticism, cabinet changes way it handles reviews of children who die or nearly die from abuse or neglect
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is now using a standard form when conducting internal reviews involving children who died or nearly died from abuse or neglect. Staff are...
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Six of 41 child-abuse fatalities show improper follow-up by Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Herald-Leader analysis finds
The way child-abuse deaths are reviewed in Kentucky continues to be problematic. Looking at the 41 child fatalities in 2009 and 2010, Lexington Herald-Leader reporters Beth Musgrave and Bill Estep...
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Beshear to have outside panel review cases of children killed or life-threatened by abuse
An independent panel of experts will review cases of children who have been killed or severely hurt by child abuse or neglect, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday. The panel will have...
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Beshear vetoes parts of budget, but health spending is intact
Though Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed 45 parts of the state budget yesterday evening, health-related spending was safe from the cut. The budget will help reduce caseloads for social workers who...