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Neighborhood Characteristics, Child Maltreatment, and Child Injuries

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The study reported here aimed to advance research methods by demonstrating the utility of observational rating scale to measure neighborhood physical and social characteristics. In a related vein, the study clearly points to the need for additional, focused research on neighborhood effects on child safety. The need to identify or develop the best possible indicators of child well-being, especially at small areas of geography is one of the more pressing challenges for indicators research.

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  1. The International Classification of Diseases, 9th version, clinical modification is the standard statistical nomenclature for classifying and reporting medical diagnoses in the United States. Outside of the U.S., the standard in use is the ICD-10, which was endorsed by the Forty-Third World Health Assembly in May 1994. The statistical classification of diseases dates back to the 1850’s in attempts to arrive at a standard for recording causes of death and has been the purview of the World Health Organization since the sixth revision in 1948. The interested reader is referred to the World Health Organization website at http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/

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This research was supported by a grant from The Duke Endowment.

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McDonell, J., Skosireva, A. Neighborhood Characteristics, Child Maltreatment, and Child Injuries. Child Ind Res 2, 133–153 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-009-9038-6

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