The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information – http://www. calib.com/nccanch This website contains information on the recognition, prevention, reporting and responding to child abuse. The website has statistical information on child abuse in the USA, an online digest, education and training resources.

Prevent Child Abuse America – www.pre ventchildabuse.org. This organization was establised in 1972 in the USA. The website contains information about the activities of the organization, the ‘Lookin up’ news letter and information on good parenting. Their programs include ‘Healthy Families America’ which is an initiative to get children off to an good start in life and the ‘Circle of Parents’, which is a mutual self help group for parents.

Child Abuse Review – http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5060

Child Abuse and Neglect – www.science direct.com/science/journal/01452134

Abstracts from these bi-monthly journal can be accessed without subscription.

Child Abuse Prevention Network - http://child-abuse.com. This is an useful source of information on child abuse. The website contains a listing of news-groups where one can participate in online discussions, conference listings, and training resources.

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