TY - JOUR T1 - Are abused babies protected from further abuse? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 845 LP - 846 DO - 10.1136/adc.2003.035493 VL - 89 IS - 9 AU - B A Ellaway AU - E H Payne AU - K Rolfe AU - F D Dunstan AU - A M Kemp AU - I Butler AU - J R Sibert Y1 - 2004/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/845.abstract N2 - A cohort of 69 physically abused babies under 1 year was followed for three years after the incident. Of the 49 babies who returned home following child protection investigations, 15 were further abused in the three year period, a re-abuse rate of 31%, which is grossly higher than the abuse rate in the general population. ER -