2023
April
07,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Chicago
April marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Cook Children’s will display 1,675 pinwheels to represent a visit with the Cook Children's Child Advocacy Resources and Evaluation (CARE) Team to evaluate for child abuse and/or neglect.National C...
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2022
October
19,
2022
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11:28 AM
America/Chicago
Listen to Episode 27 of the Raising Joy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. The podcast is part of the JOY Campaign, which launched in April 2021 as a suicide prevention communication initiative, and aims to reach parents through ...
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April
13,
2022
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11:08 AM
America/Chicago
April marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Cook Children’s will display this year’s campaign on 50 Trinity Metro buses.National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings awareness to recognizing and reporting child abuse. It also recognizes the ...
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2020
May
06,
2020
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15:21 PM
America/Chicago
This article was updated on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, to reflect the latest statistics and an additional quote from Dr. Coffman.
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April
15,
2020
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14:56 PM
America/Chicago
For the third time in less than a month, a child has died at Cook Children’s due to severe child abuse. The latest victim is a 3 year old who died early Easter morning.
“It’s heartbreaking. We’ve seen a substantial increase in serious child abuse ...
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2019
April
15,
2019
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15:17 PM
America/Chicago
Child abuse is a difficult subject to think about, much less discuss with your family and friends. But it also can’t be ignored.
Jamye Coffman, M.D., medical director of the Child Advocacy Resource and Evaluation (CARE) Team at Cook Children’s, sa...
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2017
July
12,
2017
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16:35 PM
America/Chicago
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Dr. Jamye Coffman, medical director, The Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Care at Cook Children's Medical Center, talks about putting the puzzle together. Read special report here.
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April
19,
2017
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14:11 PM
America/Chicago
By Victoria Shelton
Cook Children’s has brought in visiting dogs for decades as a way to help patients and their families cope with their situations, but it was one of the first hospitals nationwide to realize the value in having dogs as badge-yie...
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2016
March
22,
2016
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09:54 AM
America/Chicago
Police in Benbrook, Texas, say they have "probable cause" to believe that Sofya Tsygankova killed her two little girls, ages 5 and 1, and then stabbed herself.
Unfortunately, stories of mothers harming their children have become far too prevalent...
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March
08,
2016
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13:25 PM
America/Chicago
The news of a nanny 20-year-old arrested in California for child abuse didn't surprise the child abuse pediatricians at Cook Children's.
Jamye Coffman, M.D., a child abuse pediatrician and medical director for Cook Children’s Advocacy Resource and...
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2014
November
21,
2014
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10:53 AM
America/Chicago
The news of a 28-year-old man and a 17 year old arrested on charges of child pornography in Hurst, Texas, may be surprising to some, but not to Jamye Coffman, M.D. As a pediatrician and medical director of the Cook Children’s CARE (Child Advocacy Res...
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