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Abuse and neglect prevention starts BEFORE birth

A report done by the National Center for Children in Poverty in September 2010 showed the factors that increase the risk of infant maltreatment.  These factors are: smoking during pregnancy infant having two or more siblings Medicaid enrollee unmarried infant low-birth weight less than high school education teen mother short spacing (under 15 months) between [...]

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