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Editor’s note • The state abuse and neglect hotline is answered 24 hours a day at 855-323-3237. Kids who have a smartphone can use the SafeUT app, which is anonymous. Parents can contact for assistance, including family support centers and crisis nurseries.
Early in the pandemic, when people stayed home during lockdowns, it was “very, very, very quiet” at the clinics in Utah, where Dr. Antoinette Laskey and other professionals usually see children coming in for help after being abused.
That “was frightening to us, because we know that child abuse doesn’t just go away,” said Laskey, who is the division chief of child protection and family health at the University of Utah Health, as well as the medical director for Primary Children’s Hospital’s Center for Safe and Healthy Families.
Utah kids experiencing abuse still need help from trusted adults as COVID-19 continues, doctor says msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Child welfare advocates worry abuse cases went widely unreported during pandemic HNN file image (Source: HNN) By Rick Daysog | April 18, 2021 at 5:40 PM HST - Updated April 18 at 5:44 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Child welfare advocates and law enforcement officials are bracing for a spike in new child sex abuse cases.
They believe the pandemic not only made children more vulnerable, but it made it harder for them to report abuses.
“They are literally stuck at home with the people who are causing them the harm,” said Rochelle Vidinha, Honolulu Deputy Prosecutor.
“The more time that the child is at home with the people who are abusing them, I think it would definitely increase the amount of abuse that is taking place.”
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