Attitudes of primary care physicians toward corporal punishment

McCormick, Kenelm F.

doi:10.1001/jama.267.23.3161

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“…Similarly, a 1992 study by McCormick KF; in the United States; assessing doctors’ attitudes towards corporal punishment of children [25]; shows that 59% of pediatricians advocate the use of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining children versus 4.7% of pediatricians in our survey. However, the number of pediatricians who discuss the various forms of discipline with parents has been 90%, a figure very close to our survey of 92%.…”

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confidence: 57%

Corporal punishment of children: discipline or abuse?

Eid

Marianne

Rabbaa

et al. 2018

Libyan Journal of Medicine

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Introduction: Corporal punishment is a public health problem due to its impact on the physical, psychological, and social interactions of children.Objectives: To determine the knowledge of pediatricians in Lebanon regarding corporal punishment, their preventive, educational, and legal role.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on 153 pediatricians in Lebanon, by a questionnaire distributed at the 12th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Pediatric Society and the North Lebanon Pediatric Society.Results: Less than 50% and less then 60% of pediatricians know the effects of physical punishment on the physical and psychic health of the child, respectively. About 74.2% and 23.2% of pediatricians disagree with Article186 of the Lebanese Criminal Code and Lebanese Law422/02 (Article25), respectively. Only 76.2% of Lebanese pediatricians always advise the abandonment of corporal punishment and 4.7% advise its use for discipline.Conclusion: Pediatricians play a fundamental role in the abolition of corporal punishment, but this cannot be accomplished without improving their skills in this area. They are invited to seek legal reforms in Lebanon to abolish the use of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining children.

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Corporal punishment of children: discipline or abuse?

Eid

Marianne

Rabbaa

et al. 2018

Libyan Journal of Medicine

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“…Learners' attitudes toward spanking were significantly less supportive of spanking after the educational offering, yet more than one third of learners still believed that spanking was sometimes necessary, with fewer than one fourth stating that spanking was never OK. Learner approval of CP use was slightly decreased compared with previous studies (Fargason et al, 1996;McCormick, 1992) that examined physicians' attitudes toward CP. However, clearly there is a need for nurses, including PNPs, to receive education regarding child discipline and CP.…”

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Corporal Punishment: Evaluation of an Intervention by PNPs

Hornor¹,

Bretl²,

Chapman³

et al. 2015

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

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“…31 However, the training and practices of pediatricians concerning violence prevention are varied and not well defined. Some studies have assessed practicing pediatricians' attitudes and counseling practices regarding firearms [32][33][34][35] and corporal punishment, 36 but most were conducted at the state level. The present study was undertaken to determine the training and practices of a national sample of resident and practicing pediatricians regarding violence prevention counseling in family violence, discipline, television viewing, peer violence, and guns in the home.…”

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confidence: 99%