Children more likely to be abused in homes of returning war veterans – study

‘Young children of US soldiers returning from deployment face a heightened risk of abuse and neglect in the first six months after a parent returns, according to a new study.

Researchers from the PolicyLab at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) performed one of the largest studies analyzing child abuse in military families. Its findings were published Friday in the American Journal of Public Health.

“This study is the first to reveal an increased risk when soldiers with young children return home from deployment,” David Rubin, co-director of PolicyLab and the report’s senior author, said in a statement. “This really demonstrates that elevated stress when a soldier returns home can have real and potentially devastating consequences for some military families.”’

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