What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?

ABSTRACT: Child abuse and neglect (CAN) medical experts provide specialized multidisciplinary care to children when there is concern for maltreatment. Their clinical notes contain valuable information on child- and family-level factors, clinical concerns, and service placements that may inform the needed supports for the family. We created and implemented a coding system for data abstraction from these notes. Participants were 1,397 children ages 0-17 years referred for a consultation with a CAN medical provider at an urban teaching and research hospital between March 2013 and December 2017. Coding themes were developed using an interdisciplinary team-based approach to qualitative analysis, and descriptive results are presented using a developmental-contextual framework. This study demonstrates the

SUBMITTER: Golonka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601986 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature