Surgeon General's Letter on Child Sexual Abuse

摘要

Every year about a million children are physically maltreated and abused. Over 110,000 of these children are sexual abused. The physical and mental health consequences to these children are simply overwhelming. Federal and state laws make child abuse, including child sexual abuse, a crime. But to be truly effective, these laws require the informed cooperation and close collaboration of health, social service, law enforcement, and criminal justice professionals. Many health nurses, hospital professionals--physicians social workers, and and nurse practitioners, others--are already dealing with the problem of child sexual abuse.