Child abuse treatment: A fallow land

Marneffe, Catherine

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(96)00013-0

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“…In order to create that passage of space and time between me and the discourse I employed, I decided to observe the Flemish child protection system and use it as a comparative element to this study. I chose Flanders as there is literature to suggest that social workers in this part of Belgium are revered and respected by their profession as well as society (Hetherington, 1998; Marneffe, 1996). Authors who previously carried out empirical research with Flemish child protection professionals in the 1990s found that they worked within a ‘welfare system’, a system which inherently focussed on working closely with the child and where issues such as ‘accountability’ and ‘blame’ were secondary, if existent at all (Cooper et al, 1995).…”

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A tale of the unexpected: managing an insider dilemma by adopting the role of outsider in another setting

Leigh

2013

Qualitative Research

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This article explores a dilemma encountered by the author when collecting data from a child protection local authority while working for the same agency as a social worker. Favoured by ethnographers for being able to capture something that is uniquely different, the method of ethnography was chosen in this study to use the author’s insider positioning to access material that may prove to be rich and original in content. Despite feeling prepared for the challenges that lay ahead, the unexpected hidden dilemma that did emerge encouraged the author, as a result, to closely examine certain perplexities that then followed. These would not only affect established relationships with colleagues within the field but also impact her own professional identity by forcing her to question certain values and loyalties expected from the agency for which she worked. However, by adopting a dual role and taking up the position of outsider in another similar setting, it was found that enough distance and space were created to encourage the author to employ reflexivity and overcome the difficulties experienced as a ‘native’ at home.

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A tale of the unexpected: managing an insider dilemma by adopting the role of outsider in another setting

Leigh

2013

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“…It is well-illustrated by the growing flow of literature in the field of child maltreatment throughout the world. [1] In this way, there are many descriptive and repetitive articles on high-risk parents. Among those parents, mothers were found to abuse their children, psychologically or physically, twice as often as fathers.…”

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Implementation of mother-training program to improve parenting in pre-school age children: A randomized-controlled trial

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Background:Preventing child abuse is an area of evaluation that should be deeply considered. The enhancing skill of maternal child care is also useful in this field.Aim:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a training strategy to improve parenting in the families identified as at risk of child maltreatment.Materials and Methods:This randomized and controlled trial was conducted in 60 mothers allocated in the experimental and controlled group by a simple random allocation in Amirkola Children's Hospital in North Iran from January 2009 to December 2009. Mean score of maternal child abuse before and after intervention has been assessed by Conflict Tactics Scale for Parent and Child. Data analysis was based on the independent t-test, the paired t-test and one way analysis of variance.Results:The mean and standard deviation of maternal child abuse score in the experimental group before and after intervention were 30.21 ± 1.21 and 23.31 ± 1.52, respectively, (P < 0.001, t = 6.63), but no difference was found in the control group.Conclusions:The training program on maternal skills to prevent child abuse was a powerful resource. Therefore, healthcare providers in the field of pediatric about parenting skills should be taught with a specific consideration.

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“…From Belgium (Marneffe, 1996) to North America (Oxman-Martinez, 1998), child welfare reviews have been ongoing with, for example, Scotland (Hill et al, 2002) and Sweden (Socialstyrelsen, 2000) including cross-national comparisons in their evaluations of existing programmes or in developing alternatives in service provision. While these alternatives must be adapted to local conditions, Hill et al (2002) argue that it is still possible to overcome cultural differences and transfer knowledge critically across national boundaries -with new directions in service provision being made possible.…”

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Child Welfare or Child Protection

Khoo

Hyvönen²,

Nygren

2002

Qualitative Social Work

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This article details our findings from focus groups with social workers in Sweden and Canada illuminating similarities and differences in the process of social intervention in child maltreatment. We identified six categories that form the bases for hypothesizing different orientations of child welfare and child protection: Gate Keeping; Skills in Context; Client Identity; Decision Points; Compulsion; and Measures. We analysed participants' descriptions and uncovered how these descriptions of social intervention in child maltreatment connect to model orientations in both countries. In Swedish child welfare, there is a greater readiness to intervene with KEY WORDS: abuse child protection child welfare cross-national Sweden Canada ARTICLE 451 at Uni of Southern Queensland on June 19, 2015 qsw.sagepub.com Downloaded frommore resources and measures, intervention is assessment driven and focuses on family preservation. In Canadian child protection, only the most needy children are eligible for a limited range of services, intervention is structure driven and more narrowly focused on protection and permanency planning. The implications of these findings to social work are discussed.

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Child abuse treatment: A fallow land

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

A tale of the unexpected: managing an insider dilemma by adopting the role of outsider in another setting

A tale of the unexpected: managing an insider dilemma by adopting the role of outsider in another setting

Implementation of mother-training program to improve parenting in pre-school age children: A randomized-controlled trial

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