title: The development of a rural team to deal with child abuse.
abstract: In the last ten years teams for dealing with child abuse have become established in many urban centres. More recently rural communities have started similar programs; such a team was established in rural Manitoba in 1976. A series of events since then has improved the operation of the team. Cooperation with an urban team has enhanced the functioning of the rural team. A broad base of community support for this work has been essential. A review of cases seen in the last 18 months indicates 12 cases are physical abuse, nine are sexual, six neglect, and one emotional abuse.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sigurdson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones