Encore America's Culture of Child Abuse Pt. 2

America's culture of child abuse and neglect negatively impacts every aspect of American life. During April 2022, co-hosts Ingrid Cockhren and Mathew Portell examined America's history of child abuse and neglect and outlined how this history connects to our current child abuse crisis. Please join our hosts for an encore of part two of this series. This episode is dedicated to illuminating the systemic nature of child abuse and neglect in America. Cockhren and Portell discussed the different layers of influence embedded within our society and how these influences create the conditions that allow abuse and neglect to fester. In part two, the focus will be on community-level influences. This discussion will include the influence of school environments, rural communities, housing discrimination, community violence, poverty, gun violence, gang culture, etc. They also outlined how PACEs science can be applied to both address and prevent child abuse and neglect.