KIDS Center is dedicated
to the prevention, evaluation and treatment of child abuse. Evaluations include
comprehensive medical examinations, child-friendly forensic interviews and
family support services.
Treatment includes
therapy provided on-site by Deschutes Mental Health therapists and a KIDS
Center therapist.
Community child abuse Prevention and Education efforts include organizing the annual Blue Ribbon Campaign in April
and providing Darkness
to Light 'Stewards of Children' child sexual abuse prevention trainings and
awareness campaign. Latest News - Physical
abuse during childhood may increase risk of heart disease.
CNN (7/26, Smith) "Adults who were physically abused during childhood are more likely later to develop heart disease. In fact, abused children have 45 percent higher odds of heart problems later in life compared with children who are not abused, according to" a new study. In order to reach this conclusion, researchers analyzed data on "13,093 adults who were part of the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey." They found that even after ruling "out other possible risk factors for heart disease, such as being obese or physically inactive, smoking, alcohol abuse -- and other potential heart stressors like depression, parental fights, or poverty -- the odds of having heart disease was still markedly higher for adults who had come from abusive homes."
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