Definition, Measuring and Prevalence of Child Neglect

Ten per cent of Danish children under one year of age live in families with serious problems. Their parents are subjected to psychological and/or social strains to such a dergree that public authorities, typically the visiting health nurse, are concerned about the welfare of the childre. A smaller group, although at least four per cent of all children under one year of age, is subjected to child abuse and neglect.
In her study, Else Christensen has attempted to estimate the extent of the problem among children under the age of one year. Furthermose, she has made a theoetical and practical clarification of the concept child abuse and neglect. Excatly which signs is the health nurse to observe in order to employ the serious term child abuse and neglect?