title: The ecology of child maltreatment: identifying and characterizing high-risk neighborhoods.
abstract: This article proposes a multimethod strategy as a way to reduce the existing confusion of methods for determining which neighborhoods within a community are at high risk for child maltreatment, and identifying neighborhood characteristics and problems associated with child abuse and neglect. Description of the multimethod strategy includes examples of the type of data that can be obtained.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment