Improving Early Diagnosis of Child Neglect for a Better Response in Healthcare Settings

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15714914
AutoresSilvia Herrero-Roldán (0000-0001-5154-089X, Universidad de La Laguna), Inmaculada León (0000-0002-3572-2420, Universidad de La Laguna, autor de correspondencia), Juan A Hernández-Cabrera (0000-0001-6731-5670, Universidad de La Laguna), María José Rodrigo López (0000-0001-5504-886X, Universidad de La Laguna)
Año2021
Volumen8
Número10
Páginas859-859
Fecha de publicación2021-09-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChildren (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children8100859
PMID34682124
OpenAlexW3204484329
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas34

Early diagnosis of child neglect is an ongoing challenge with consequences of the child's safety, health, and effective referral for intervention. This study aims to obtain a selected set of family, maternal, and dyadic variables of the immediate caregiving environment for diagnosis, preventive, and intervention responses in healthcare settings. Mothers and their children under five years old: 51 in the neglected group (NG) and 89 in the non-neglected control group (CG), were recruited through pediatric primary care services and social services in Spain. Family demographics, adverse events, childhood maltreatment, maternal psychopathologies, personality variables, and observed mother-child interactions were assessed. Gradient boosting analyses were applied for the contributor's relative importance ( RI ), followed by logistic regression and discriminant analyses for those with higher RI . Parametric analyses showed high diagnostic accuracy (80-82% of NG and 92% of CG) for risky factors of child neglect: having a physically neglected and depressed mother, living in families in need of financial assistance, and large families; and for protective factors: having an older mother and showing higher mother-child emotional availability. Identifying a select group of features makes early diagnosis and preventive intervention more effective for mitigating the impact of child neglect and building mother-child resilience

Child abuse · Child neglect · Environmental health · Family medicine · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling · Logistic regression · Neglect · Poison control · Psychiatry · Referral · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology