Prevalence, Risk, Sensitivity, and Specificity: A Commentary on the Epidemiology of Child Sexual Abuse and the Development of a Research Agenda.

Runyan, Desmond K.

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ERIC Number: EJ567403

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Prevalence, Risk, Sensitivity, and Specificity: A Commentary on the Epidemiology of Child Sexual Abuse and the Development of a Research Agenda.

Runyan, Desmond K.

Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, v22 n6 p493-98 Jun 1998

The research needs in the epidemiology of child sexual abuse are discussed in terms of: a definition of epidemiology, the clash between the medical and legal cultures, statistical concerns, the relationship of social class or poverty with child sexual abuse, the need for cross-cultural research, intervention studies, studies of service utilization, and the need for long-term studies. (DB)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cultural Influences, Definitions, Epidemiology, Intervention, Legal Problems, Longitudinal Studies, Medical Research, Poverty, Research Design, Research Needs, Services, Sexual Abuse, Social Class, Sociocultural Patterns, Socioeconomic Status, Statistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Establishing a Medical Research Agenda for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Proceedings of an Invitational Conference, May 16 & 17, 1997. For related articles see EC 619 252-254.