Kids Of Abused Moms Have Greater Health Needs

We will also pay for the progeny of nutritionally abused kids, too.

"Children whose mothers have a history of abuse by intimate partners have higher health care needs than children whose mothers have no history of abuse, according to a study conducted at Group Health, a Seattle-based health plan.

These needs - expressed in terms of the cost of providing care and use of health services - were higher even if the abuse occurred before the children were born, the research team found...

'Children are the other victims when intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in the home,' said lead author Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH. 'This study shows that children require more health care--especially for mental health--when their mothers are victims of such violence.'"

The rest of us "are the other victims when" nutritional child abuse occurs.

Help save the children today and the rest of us, too.