Scan Unit - Report Abuse

PROTECT OUR FUTURE!

Every child has the right to feel Safe.

STOP CHILD ABUSE

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH ~. Department of Public Health Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect (SCAN)Unit Tel: (242) 322·5823 or 323·8438

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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TIPS

DO YOU KNOW ••• • WHERE your children are? • WHAT they are doing? • WHO they are with? • WHEN they are expected home?

The physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others responsible for a child's welfare.

Physical Abuse is characterized by physical injury, usually inflicted as a result of a beating or inappropriately harsh discipline.

Sexual Abuse includes molestation, incest, rape, prostitution, or use of a child for pornographic purposes.

Neglect can be

Develop a better relationship with your kids; talk to them about GOOD TOUCH/BAD TOUCH as soon as th~y can understand.

physical in nature (abandonment, failure to seek needed health care), educational (failure to see that a child is attending school), or emotional (abuse of a spouse or another child in the child's presence, allowing a child to witness adult substance abuse). *Inappropriate punishment, verbal abuse, and "scapegoating" are also forms of Emotional or Psychological Child Abuse.

If y.ou.

are a Victim, oryou know someone suffering from abuse,

contact us.