C. Henry Kempe

In 1958, C. Henry Kempe, together with Elizabeth Boardman and Betty Elmer, created the Child Protection Team, Colorado General Hospital, Denver.

In 1961 Kempe, Dr. Brandt F. Steele and other colleagues made their first presentation about "The Battered Child Syndrome" in Chicago at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 3. This was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association the next year. In the 1980's this publication was cited by the American Medical Association as one of the 60 most important contributions of American medicine in the 20th Century.

I 1972 The National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect was established at the University of Colorado as a national resource on issues of child abuse and neglect. In 1981 the centre was renamed in honour of its founder, as The C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect. It is now named Kempe Children's Center.

In 1977 Kempe established the international journal Child Abuse and Neglect.

The C. Henry Kempe Award, established in 1984, is given every 2 years by ISPCAN, The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, to an outstanding young professional or organization working in any discipline in the field of child abuse and neglect.

• C. Henry Kempe and Ray E. Helfer, editors:
  The Battered Child. 1st edition, 1968.
  2nd edition, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1974.
  3rd edition, 1980. 5th edition by M. E. Helfer, R. Kempe, and R. Krugman, 1997.
• C. H. Kempe, Frederic N. Silverman, Brandt F. Steele, William Droegemuller,
  Henry K. Silver:
  The Battered Child Syndrome.
  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1962, 181: 17-24.
  Tardieu's syndrome. Also called Caffey-Kempe syndrome.
• Henry Kempe and Ray E. Helfer, editors:
  Helping the Battered Child and His Family. 1972.
• R. E. Helfer & C. H. Kempe, editors:
  Child abuse and neglect: The family and the community.
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, A. Ballinger, 1976. Every county child protection agency in the United States was provided a free copy of this publication.
• H. P. Martin and C. H. Kempe, editors:
  The Abused Child. Cambridge: Ballinger, 1976.
  4th edition, by Ray E. Helfer and Ruth S. Kempe, 1987.
• J. D. Gray, C. A. Cutler, J. G. Dean, & C. H. Kempe:
  Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
  Child Abuse and Neglect, 1977, 1, 45-48.
• Jane D. Gray, C. A. Cutler, J. G. Dean, and C. H. Kempe:
  Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
  Journal of Social Issues 1979, 35: 127-139.
• J. Gray, C. Cutter, J. Dean, and C. Kempe:
  Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
  Child Abuse and Neglect, 1980 1: 45-58
• R. Kempe et C. H. Kempe
  L'enfance torturée.
  Pierre Mardaga Editeur, Bruxelles, 1981
• Patricia Beezley Mrazek and C. Henry Kempe, editors:
  Sexually Abused Children and Their Families. 1981.
• C. H. Kempe, H. K. Silver, D. O'Brien, editors:
  Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment.
  7th edition, Lange Medical Publishers, Los Altos, California, 1982.
  8th edition, 1984.
  9th edition by C. H. Kempe, H. K. Silver, D. O'Brien, and V. A. Fulginiti, 1987.
• R. S. Kempe, C. H. Kempe:
  The Common Secret: Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents. 1984.