Child protection decisions to substantiate hospital child protection teams’ reports of suspected maltreatment

Jedwab, Merav; Benbenishty, Rami; Chen, Wendy; Glasser, Saralee; Siegal, Gil; Lerner‐Geva, Liat

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.11.006

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“…Often they had multiple problems such as poverty, poor living conditions, mental health problems, violence, and concerns about the child's comportment. In Israel, Jedwab et al () have studied, which case characteristics led to the dismissal of cases. They found that nondismissal was associated with socio‐economic background, parents' health, previous contact with child welfare, characteristics of the referral, medical findings, and parents' behaviour (Jedwab et al, ).…”

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“…They additionally discovered that risk factors among parents, living situation, and the seriousness of the risk of harm were significant to whether or not the case was further investigated. In another Canadian study based on the same set of data, it was found that family poverty did not influence the caseworkers' decisions on whether to dismiss the case when a concern was reported due to suspected caregiver violence (Moraes, Durrant, Brownridge, & Reid, (Jedwab et al, 2015).…”

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Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations: A review of the literature

Lauritzen

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Fossum

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations. More specifically, to investigate the existing research on the 4 factors that are considered fundamental for child protection decision making: case characteristics, caseworker characteristics, organizational characteristics, and external factors. The results indicated that child welfare decisions to investigate a case and/or to implement services are influenced by characteristics of the case, the social worker, and the organization, in addition to external factors. These elements work together to determine the outcome of an investigation. There are some substantial differences between various countries connected to disparities in child welfare legislation, support apparatuses, culture, ideology, and socio‐economic factors. It is methodologically challenging to design studies that capture all possible variables associated with case factors, social workers, and organizational factors. However, multilevel analyses of the types of variables that are most significant to case outcome conclude that caseworker assessments corresponded to organizational factors. Furthermore, decisions are better explained by characteristics of the child welfare organization than by characteristics of the social worker.

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Section: Significant Case Characteristicsmentioning

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Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations: A review of the literature

Lauritzen

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Fossum

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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“…It is reassuring that 16 of 22 countries have hospital‐based MDTs, as this has been deemed to be an effective way of ensuring timely and accurate communication between health professionals and CPS, and may assist CPS in identifying cases in which protection interventions are indicated .…”

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Paediatric approaches to child maltreatment are subject to wide organisational variations across Europe

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Aim: Little is known about the organisation of child maltreatment practice in Europe. We therefore explored medical child protection systems and training across Europe.Methods: An online survey was completed by physicians working in child maltreatment, identified through professional organisations in 28 member countries of the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland in 2012-2013. Respondents were questioned regarding management of suspected child maltreatment, mandatory reporting, professional training, patient referral and physician roles in multidisciplinary investigations. Responses underwent a narrative synthesis and descriptive enumerations.

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“…On the other hand, the nature of professional interaction with patients and their families—typically an episodic, stress provoking, short engagement—may generate uncertainties around the assessment and engagement process (Benbenishty et al, 2014; Chen et al, 2010; Davidson-Arad et al, 2010). In addition, hospital staff effectiveness in managing child protection cases depends on the provision of both preliminary information and follow-up feedback from community-based services (Benbenishty et al, 2011; Jedwab et al, 2015; Svärd, 2014). Thus, practice requires various layers of multiprofessional collaborative activity, both within the hospital and outside it.…”

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Processes of Multiprofessional Child Protection Decision Making in Hospital Settings: Systematic Narrative Review

Alfandari

Taylor

2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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The aim of this systematic narrative literature review is to explore empirical evidence as to how a multiprofessional approach to child protection decision making is implemented in hospitals settings. Child protection cases where there is a suspicious serious injury suspected sexual abuse or serious neglect are often investigated in hospital, involving a number of relevant professions. Five electronic bibliographic databases were used for the search. To be included in the review studies had to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, report on empirical research, be available full text in English, and have used an identifiable research design. The search was restricted to 10 years, from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2019, and retrieved 6,934 studies. The review includes 26 studies undertaken in 10 countries. In all the hospital-based settings studied, child protection decision-making tasks were assigned to a designated multiprofessional team. However, there was remarkable diversity in models of team structure, regulation of workflow, structured procedures, and standardized tools through which practice was carried out. Research focused on evaluating the teams’ effectiveness in fulfilling their duties which were, first and foremost, the identification of possible child maltreatment. The analysis identifies various systemic approaches and quality improvement methods to promote effective team-based decision-making processes in hospitals. The interactional aspect of collaborative team-based practice was generally missing from the published research. This article discusses next steps for the development of practice, policy, and research to enhance useful multiprofessional child protection team working in hospitals.

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Child protection decisions to substantiate hospital child protection teams’ reports of suspected maltreatment

Cited by 13 publications

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Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations: A review of the literature

Factors that determine decision making in child protection investigations: A review of the literature

Paediatric approaches to child maltreatment are subject to wide organisational variations across Europe

Processes of Multiprofessional Child Protection Decision Making in Hospital Settings: Systematic Narrative Review

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