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Research article summary:
Professionals decision-making about out-of-home placements following instances of child abuse.
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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research was to study how different groups of child welfare professionals prioritize and use information to make placement decisions following instances of child abuse. METHOD: A total of 90 juvenile court judges and guardians ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Apr
in Journal: Child Abuse Negl
(Language : eng)
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1. Child Abuse Negl.
2002 Apr;26(4):317-32
Professionals' decision-making about out-of-home placements following instances of child abuse.
Britner PA, Mossler DG
School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-2058, USA.
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research was to study how different groups of child welfare professionals prioritize and use information to make placement decisions following instances of child abuse. METHOD: A total of 90 juvenile court judges and guardians ad litem, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), social workers, and mental health professionals responded to a detailed questionnaire describing four case studies of child physical abuse in which a parent was the perpetrator, the child was either 2 years or 6 years of age, and the abuse was either first time or chronic. Participants rated the impact of specific pieces of information regarding child, family, and system-level characteristics on their decision-making process. RESULTS: Analyses of reactions to these vignettes demonstrate that professional groups use different kinds of information when making decisions about foster care placements. Social workers and mental health providers rely on information about the severity and pattern of abuse and on information about services offered in the past and parental responses to those services. Judges and guardians ad litem rely more heavily on information about the likelihood of a reoccurrence of abuse and the child's ability to recount the abuse, whereas CASA volunteers rely on information about the stability of the family. CONCLUSIONS: Professional group membership, rather than factors such as age or ethnicity of the child or chronicity of abuse, accounts for different patterns of prioritizing and using information when making decisions about whether a child should remain in the home or be placed in foster care. The implications for community-based training and intervention efforts are discussed.
PMID : 12092801 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Preston A | Britner | PA |
| Daniel G | Mossler | DG |
Affiliation: School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-2058, USA.
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Category links from this article:- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Child
- Child Abuse - ethnology, prevention & control
- Child Advocacy - legislation & jurisprudence
- Child Custody - utilization
- Child Welfare
- Child, Preschool
- Decision Making
- Family - psychology
- Female
- Foster Home Care - utilization
- Humans
- Legal Guardians - statistics & numerical data
- Male
- Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
- Middle Aged
- Physician's Practice Patterns
- Questionnaires
- Risk Assessment
- Social Work - statistics & numerical data
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