Recent Publications

Maltreatment History and Weapon Carrying among Early Adolescents (Lewis et al., 2007) - This study examines the role of maltreatment in weapon carrying among 12-year-old youth. Participants reported their physical and sexual abuse history and provided responses to items assessing perceived need for a weapon and weapon carrying. Read more…

LONGSCAN in the News

Dr. Desmond Runyan has headed the medical school's Department of Social Medicine and headed the state's system to evaluate abused and battered children. All the while, he treated the youngest patients shuttled into UNC-CH.

"It's such a privilege to be able to care for patients and their families," Runyan says. "Plus, I get to have stand-up comedians walk into my office. Kids have such charm and humor and spirit." Read more…

 

  

How is LONGSCAN useful?

The findings of LONGSCAN provide a scientific basis for policy-making, program planning, and targeting service delivery by increasing our understanding of the following:

  • the child, family, & community factors which increase the risk for maltreatment.
  • the differential consequences of maltreatment, depending upon its timing, duration, severity, and nature.
  • the child, family, and community factors that increase the harm caused by different forms of maltreatment.
  • the factors that increase the probability of positive child outcomes despite maltreatment and other adverse life circumstances.
  • the strengths and weaknesses of various societal interventions such as child welfare programs, foster care, mental health services, parenting classes, etc...

 

 

 

 

 

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