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Citation

Tanoue K, Senda M, An B, Tasaki M, Taguchi M, Kobashi K, Oana S, Mizoguchi F, Shiraishi Y, Yamada F, Okuyama M, Ichikawa K. Child Abuse Negl. 2018; 79: 11-21.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.01.016

PMID

29407852

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the penetration rate of child protection teams (CPTs) in medical institutions and associations between CPT functions and hospital services. We collected data in October of 2015 from 377 hospitals in Japan offering pediatric organ transplantation. The questionnaire included questions regarding the existence of a CPT, the number of child maltreatment cases discussed and reported per year, CPT functions including 21 items about staffing, manuals, meeting, prevention, education, and collaboration, and the services provided by the hospital. Of the 377 institutions, 122 (32.4%) answered the survey. There were significant associations between CPT functions and the number of pediatric beds (r = .27), number of pediatricians (r = .27), number of outpatients (r = .39), number of emergency outpatients (r = .28), and emergency medical care (p = .009). In a multiple regression analysis, CPT functions were significantly associated with the number of CPT members, pediatric outpatient numbers, and pediatric emergency outpatient numbers. Japan has no CPT guidelines that outline what CPTs should offer in terms of structure, staffing, functions, and systems. Hospitals with many pediatric and emergency outpatients are expected to play major roles in providing services such as specialty care, intensive care, and education. They are also expected to play a role in detecting and managing child maltreatment, and have, by their own initiative, improved their capacities to achieve these goals.

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


Language: en

Keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Child protection team; Neglect; Sexual abuse

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