Current research on child maltreatment epidemiology

Examining the Prospects for Developing a National Child Maltreatment Surveillance System in Ireland

“…Based on the implementation of a Swiss surveillance system that incorporated population and agency surveys, Jud and colleagues (2018) advise sending clear, non-academic letters to agencies to invite their participation, and to suggest engaging frontline staff and administrators by seeking their input into the creation of relevant study variables through a Delphi-type approach. Lastly, they echo the need to provide research support and a helpline for frontline staff throughout the study (Jud et al, 2018).…”

“…A significant strength of CM administrative data is that governments can use it to ascertain the burden of abuse and need reported to state agencies. In turn, these datasets can provide information that is mutually beneficial to clients, researchers, and agency staff, and have the potential to influence policymakers as they can assess the functioning of a child protection system (Drake & Jonson-Reid, 1999;Hurren et al, 2017;Jud et al, 2016, Jud, 2018. In CPW agencies, the extraction of information from administrative data places no additional labor on child welfare workers and can be a cost-effective means of retrieving incidence data (Jud et al, 2015).…”

“…Researchers in the field have suggested that the predominance of research on CM epidemiology has focused on population surveys with adult respondents with less attention paid to analyzing reported incidents of alleged child maltreatment and corresponding agency responses (Jud et al, 2016, p.10). The latter can be of greater benefit to policymakers because they provide information about the functioning of a child protection system (Jud et al, 2016;Jud 2018;Meinck et al, 2016).…”

An Examination of Past Trends in School Reports to Child Welfare: Considerations for Reported Child Maltreatment

“…The OIS is a cyclical study conducted every 5 years and represents the only source of provincial data on the estimated rate of child welfare investigations conducted in Ontario (Fallon et al, 2017). The OIS is considered one of few exceptional sources of incidence study data worldwide and can help to identify trends including the impact of policy changes across study cycles (Jud, 2018). Six cycles of the OIS have been completed to date (OIS-1993, OIS-1998, OIS-2003, OIS-2008, OIS-2013and OIS-2018Fallon et al, 2005Fallon et al, , 2010Fallon et al, , 2015Fallon et al, , 2020Trocmé et al, 1994Trocmé et al, , 2002.…”

“…Characteristics of School-Referred Investigations Involving 4-and 5-Year-Old Children in Ontario in 2003, 2008, 2013and 2018 …”