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ArticleChild abuse & neglect2021

Child maltreatment online education for healthcare and social service providers: Implications for the COVID-19 context and beyond.

Melissa Kimber, Jill R McTavish, Meredith Vanstone, Donna E Stewart, Harriet L MacMillan

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Article in Child abuse & neglect, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Professionals' Digital Training for Child Maltreatment Prevention in the COVID-19 Era: A Pan-European Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Melissa KimberOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, MIP Suite 201A, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. Electronic address: kimberms@mcmaster.ca.
Jill R McTavishOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, MIP Suite 201A, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.
Meredith VanstoneDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, DBHSC 5003E, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.
Donna E StewartCentre for Mental Health, University of Toronto and University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, EN-7-229, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada.
Harriet L MacMillanOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, MIP 201A, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.

Funding

Emotional Systems in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderK23MH117280 · NIMH · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI MUSSER, ERICA D · 2019 to 2022
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NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH117280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence indicates that healthcare and social service providers (HSSPs) receive inadequate education related to recognizing and responding to child maltreatment. This is despite the fact HSSPs are identified as an important factor in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of this childhood exposure. The need for online education for HSSPs' is highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and will continue to be relevant afterward. The objective of this commentary is to provide an overview of: (a) educational interventions for HSSPs' related to recognizing and responding to child maltreatment; (b) the development of VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, Action), which is an online platform of educational resources to support HSSPs to recognize and respond to child maltreatment; and (c) the RISE (Researching the Impact of Service provider Education) project, which is an ongoing multi-province evaluation of VEGA in Canada. It is important to consider ongoing ways that HSSPs can receive education related to recognizing and responding to child maltreatment. The virtual implementation of VEGA and the RISE Project provide a necessary opportunity to continue to increase the capacity of Canada's HSSPs to adequately and safely recognize and respond to child maltreatment, while simultaneously advancing education scholarship for the field of child maltreatment and which will have relevance for the COVID-19 context and beyond.

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Child Health ServicesCOVID-19Social WorkAdultCanadaChildChild AbuseEducation, DistanceHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2ViolenceChild maltreatmentCOVID-19Family violenceHealth professions educationOnline learning

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PMID32980151
PMCPMC7513691

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