The financial and emotional stress of COVID-19 is affecting Idaho families. Heartbreakingly, this has resulted in a measurable increase in child abuse cases with some serious enough to result in emergency care at hospitals.
This is a trend we are seeing across the country and it’s on all of us to be those extra eyes and ears for spotting child abuse since the traditional social structures — like school — are not in place that would typically identify this.
Joining Idaho Matters to talk more about this are Dr. Kendra Bowman and Dr. Matthew of St. Luke's Children's Hospital.
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