{"634907":{"#nid":"634907","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Researchers Highlight Risks for Children in Terms of Abuse and Neglect During Pandemic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/experts\/Lindsey-Bullinger\u0022\u003ELindsey Bullinger\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was mentioned in the article \u0026quot;Researchers Highlight Risks for Children in Terms of Abuse and Neglect During Pandemic,\u0026quot; published April 28, 2020 in The Sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBullinger, whose research has focused on child and family welfare, was part of a research group that has raised the alarm for the potential negative consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on \u0026quot;vulnerable\u0026quot; populations worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs well as the economic and health issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic globally, the potential danger to vulnerable children who may be at higher risk of abuse and neglect has been noted by a team of researchers involved with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.apsac.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican Professional Society on the Abuse of Children\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(APSAC).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith families facing an unprecedented period of crisis, decision makers have a duty to help all children, but especially those already vulnerable, to survive the pandemic, at every stage. Failing to do so, APSAC said, will lead to negative consequences across the board.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn alert in relation to the issue was prepared by two\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uconn.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity Of Connecticut\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(UConn) specialists in child neglect issues, Megan Feely, Assistant Professor of Social Work, and Kerri Raissian, Associate Professor of Public Policy, and their collaborators, Lindsey Bullinger, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, and Will Schneider, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/illinois.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003C\/a\u003E. All are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dorisdukefellowships.org\/\u0022\u003EDoris Duke Fellows for the Promotion of Child Well-Being\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thesector.com.au\/2020\/04\/29\/researchers-highlight-risks-for-children-in-terms-of-abuse-and-neglect-during-pandemic\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-04-30 17:39:34","changed_gmt":"2020-04-30 18:22:43","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"HireVue","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/thesector.com.au\/2020\/04\/29\/researchers-highlight-risks-for-children-in-terms-of-abuse-and-neglect-during-pandemic\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618472":{"id":"618472","type":"image","title":"Lindsey Bullinger","body":null,"created":"1551198284","gmt_created":"2019-02-26 16:24:44","changed":"1551198284","gmt_changed":"2019-02-26 16:24:44","alt":"A portrait photo of School of Public Policy assistant professor Lindsey Bullinger","file":{"fid":"235409","name":"lindsey_bullinger.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16528,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg?itok=urjMrIPx"}}},"media_ids":["618472"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}