Nurses’ recognition and reporting of child abuse: A factorial survey

O’Toole, Anita Werner; O’Toole, Richard; Webster, Stephen; Lucal, Betsy

doi:10.1080/01639625.1993.9967950

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“…Across the four specialties surveyed, diagnostic work involved the collection of information from the participant's accounts of the incident and the limited attention to history. Previous research (O'Toole, O'Toole, Webster, & Lucal, 1993) has similarly revealed considerable agreement among nurses concerning definitions of child abuse regardless of specialty.…”

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Nurses' Diagnostic Work on Possible Physical Child Abuse

O’Toole

Webster

et al. 1996

Public Health Nursing

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The concept of diagnostic work (A. Strauss, S. Fagerhaugh, B. Suczek, & C. Wiener, 1985) is used to explore nurses' responses to potential child abuse. A total of 1,036 nurses (response rate of 67%) completed a mailed questionnaire that included open-ended qualitative-type questions about a hypothetical situation involving possible child abuse. We report their judgments regarding information presented in the hypothetical situation and additional information they requested to make the diagnosis. Nurses focused primarily on the child's injuries and behavior and wanted more information about the abuse event. Diagnostic work was then analyzed by specialty group: community health, school health, emergency, and pediatric nursing. Nurses' specialization influenced the choice of information that was determined to be decisive and the additional information desired to make a diagnosis.

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Nurses' Diagnostic Work on Possible Physical Child Abuse

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Webster

et al. 1996

Public Health Nursing

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“…In addition, findings have revealed that psychologists with higher levels of education (Master's degree or PhD) show a lower tendency to report cases of abuse that were presented to them in scenarios (Beck & Ogloff 1995). Brosig & Kalichman (1992) argued that the professionals' age does not affect their willingness to report cases of child maltreatment (see also Kean & Dukes 1991;O'Toole, O'Toole et al 1993). Conversely, other studies have found that young physicians show a greater tendency than their older counterparts to report cases of child abuse and neglect (Warner & Hansen 1994).…”

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Attitudes of Palestinian pre‐school teachers from Israel towards reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect

Haj‐Yahia

Attar-Schwartz

2008

Child & Family Social Work

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The paper documents a study conducted among 225 Palestinian pre‐school teachers from Israel. Data were collected through a self‐administered questionnaire that examined the teachers’ attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect. In general, the participants’ attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect to the child protection services (CPS) were more positive than their attitudes towards reporting to the police. Willingness to report suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the police and CPS was higher than willingness to report other types of child abuse and neglect. Inconsistent results were revealed with regard to how awareness of reporting regulations and awareness of signs and risk factors for child maltreatment affect willingness to report to CPS and to the police. A comprehensive discussion of the possible relevance of the participants’ socio‐cultural and sociopolitical values to their attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect is presented. The implications of the results for future studies are also discussed.

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“…Vignettes serve as the unit of analysis in the factorial survey (O'Toole et al, 1993). Because each of the nurses received eight vignettes, if they rated them all there would be eight units of analysis from each nurse.…”

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“…The innovative design used (a Taguchi L32 fractional factorial orthogonal array) permitted systematic variation of each of the 10 dichotomous variables or clinical cues across 32 vignettes. Advantages of factorial designs include the ability to "combine features from multivariate experimental designs with those of surveys" (O'Toole, O'Toole, Webster, & Lucal, 1993) as well as the realism of detail that can be depicted in such vignettes (Rossi & Anderson, 1982). Each vignette depicted a hypothetic situation relevant to intrapartum nursing.…”

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