Dataset on psychosocial risk factors in cases of fatal and near-fatal physical child abuse
Mary Clyde Pierce,
Kim Kaczor,
Deborah Acker,
Tina Webb,
Allen Brenzel,
Douglas J. Lorenz,
Audrey Young,
Richard Thompson
Affiliations
Mary Clyde Pierce
Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, 571 S. Floyd St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Kim Kaczor
Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, 571 S. Floyd St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Deborah Acker
Department of Community Based Services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 275 East Main St, Frankfort, KY 40621, USA
Tina Webb
Division of Protection and Permanency, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 275 East Main St., Frankfort, KY 40621, USA
Allen Brenzel
Department of Community Based Services, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 275 East Main St, Frankfort, KY 40621, USA
Douglas J. Lorenz
Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, 485 E. Gray St., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Audrey Young
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Richard Thompson
Richard H. Calica Center for Innovation in Children and Family Services, Juvenile Protective Association, 1707 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 USA
This article presents the psychosocial risk factors identified in the cases of 20 children less than four years of age who were victims of fatal or near-fatal physical abuse during a 12 month period in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. These data are related to the article “History, injury, and psychosocial risk factor commonalities among cases of fatal and near-fatal physical child abuse” (Pierce et al., 2017) [1].
