The Extent of Evidence-Based Information about Child Maltreatment Fatalities in Social Science Textbooks

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12787166
AutoresEmily M Douglas (0000-0003-0883-8572, Bridgewater State University, autor correspondente), Patricia J Serino (Bridgewater State University)
Ano2013
Volume10
Fascículo5
Páginas447-454
Data de publicação2013-09-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Evidence-Based Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1543-3714 • E-ISSN: 1543-3722
EditoraHaworth Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/15433714.2012.759839
PMID24066634
OpenAlexW2046783852
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas28

Previous research has established that child welfare workers lack important information about child maltreatment fatalities and risk factors leading to death. Further, training has not been associated with improvements in knowledge. The authors assessed the presence of evidence-based information about child maltreatment fatalities and risk factors for death in 24 social science textbooks about child abuse and neglect or child welfare. The results indicate that basic information, such as definitions and incidence rates of child maltreatment fatalities are routinely included in social science textbooks, but information about child, parent, and household risk factors are not, and that inaccurate information is often included. Implications of the findings are discussed

Child abuse · Child neglect · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry · Neglect · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology