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LET'S TALK ABOUT
Body Safety
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Body Safety is teaching a child awareness of their own body to give them the skills and language to identify potential situations that make them feel unsafe. Teaching children how to keep their bodies safe helps to empower them to respond in those moments. Grown-ups should make sure that their child is in safe environments and situations.
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
According to the CDC, it is estimated that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys will be engaged in some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18 years old.
Child sexual abuse is the involvement of children in activities that they don't fully understand, cannot consent to or those that violate social norms. This may involve either no ph
According to the CDC, it is estimated that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys will be engaged in some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18 years old.
Child sexual abuse is the involvement of children in activities that they don't fully understand, cannot consent to or those that violate social norms. This may involve either no physical contact OR physical contact with the child's body.
PREVENTION IS THE KEY!
How to get more help
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
How to get more help
The FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) section will provide more information on child sexual abuse, prevention, and what to do if you need more help.
Questions answered include:
"What is grooming?"
"What are signs of child sexual abuse?"
"What can I do to keep my child safe?"
Pat Morgan, MD
Pat Morgan, MD
Pat Morgan, MD
Author, The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Body Safety
Board certified in General Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics.
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THE DOCTOR SAYS
Pat Morgan, MD
Pat Morgan, MD
Doctors help us in many ways, from giving us medicine when we’re sick to teaching us how to take care of our bodies. In The Doctor Says: Let’s Talk About Body Safety, readers will learn what body safety means and what to do if someone makes them feel unsafe.
Dr. Pat Morgan
(also known as Dr. Pat)
Dr. Pat uses child-friendly language and examples to stress the importance of body safety as a form of child sexual abuse prevention in her first children's book.
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Please check out DR. PAT!!!
Podcast - Doctors Changing Medicine.
Title: "The Mission of Preventing Child Abuse."
Interviewed by Dr. Nneka Unachukwu on 4/12/2023
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doctors-changing-medicine/id1562522187?i=1000608572313
Why this book?
Pat Morgan, MD
Why this book?
It is estimated that African American children have almost two times the risk of being sexually abused compared to white children.
(Source: Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect: 2010 Report to Congress )
The Doctor Says: Let's Talk About Body Safety is book is written by an African American female pediatrician who specializes in child abuse.
This first released books will be a part of a series for BIPOC children.
*BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Organization of the Quarter: Q4 2023 (Oct to Dec)
A portion of book proceeds will be donated to the Organization of the Quarter
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
The Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) of Pierce County
Child Abuse Intervention Department (CAID)
1112 S. 5thStreet
Tacoma, WA 98405
(253) 403-1478
www.marybridge.org; www.Multicare.org
Located in the Safe and Sound Building on the MultiCare campus in Tacoma, WA, The CAC of Pierce County serves their community by providing a “child-focused, safe place for families to get help.” Children from birth through age 17 years old who are victims of suspected abuse or neglect may be seen at the CAC by a team of professionals - forensic interviewers, victim advocates, social workers and medical staff. The CAC team believes it is “important to promote child safety by educating the community about child abuse issues.” The center also provides training for those who work with children and the professionals who help victims of abuse.”
