title: Hospitals and school districts: creating a partnership for child protection services.
abstract: This article reports the initiation of a joint hospital-school district child protection committee in an urban setting of socio-economic blight. The committee provided a structure for consultation about troubling, complex situations of school children at high risk for physical and sexual abuse and medical neglect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Work Services, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mulak
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teets-Grimm
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014504:Urban Health