Tag: neglect
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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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Senate OKs bill for review panels in medical lawsuits after lively debate between doctors, lawyers, others
This story, which was published Thursday morning, has been updated with action in the full Senate. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Senate has approved a...
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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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House committee approves panel to investigate child-abuse deaths; findings would be closed to public
An independent panel of experts would look into the deaths of abused and neglected children and then give recommendations to state officials for how to improve its child-protection system. That...
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18 Kentucky children died from child abuse or neglect last year, down from 33 in 2009, but report is incomplete, critics say
A report by the the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shows 18 Kentucky children died from abuse or neglect in the past fiscal year, down from 33 the year...
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Abuse must be reported to officials in Ky., unlike scandalized Pa.
State law should prevent the child abuse scandal that has rocked Penn State from happening in Kentucky. (Associated Press photo: Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, assistant coach Mike McQueary...