Systematic review of child maltreatment screening tools used by different occupational groups: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child maltreatment (CM) encompasses physical, emotional or sexual abuse, physical or emotional/psychological neglect or intimate partner (or domestic) violence and is associated with adverse cognitive, behavioural, physical and social outcomes that often continue shaping adulthood. The early and valid detection of CM is essential to initiate treatment and intervention as well as to avoid continued violence against the child. Various occupational groups, such as healthcare providers, teachers, social workers, psychotherapists and others, encounter maltreated children in their professional settings. Systematic reviews on instruments to assess suspected CM often report on retrospective measurement via caregiver's or child's self-report and are frequently limited to the heal

SUBMITTER: Colley D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11551983 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature