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Child Abuse Education Among Dental Personnel and Reporting Child Abuse
Objectives: The aim of this study was: firstly, to assess the association of the public health dental personnel‘s (PHDP) schooling/training on Child abuse and Neglect (CAN ) in the last three work years with filing reports to the Child Welfare Services (CWS) and secondly to assess the association of expressed need of training on CAN with filing CAN reports to the CWS.
Methods: This national cross-sectional study uses data from an electronic survey census of the public health dental personnel (PHDP) from Norway (n=1791) conducted in 2019. For measures of association and regression analysis, the Pearson chi-square test and logistic regression were used, respectively. Data was reported with proportions, odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI).
Results: The overall prevalence of ever-filing CAN reports was 70% and 50% in the last three work years. The prevalence of having had CAN training during schooling and the last three work years was 56% and 79%, respectively. The logistic regression analysis showed significant OR (95% CI) of 2.5 (1.6-4.0) for one day CAN work training,2.5 (1.6-4.0) for 2-4 days CAN work training,5.0 (2.6-9.5) for 5 or more days CAN work training, 0.5 (0.3-0.8) for those that expressed the need for a little more training on CAN routines,0.5 (0.3-0.9) for those that expressed much more need for training on CAN routines. Education about CAN during schooling was not associated with filing CAN reports
Conclusions: Child abuse and neglect training during work in the previous three years of schooling is associated with filing reports of concern in the last three years but not during schooling among PHDP of Norway. The likelihood of filing reports of CAN increased with the number of days of CAN training during work and reduced with an expressed need for training on routines of reporting CAN.
Methods: This national cross-sectional study uses data from an electronic survey census of the public health dental personnel (PHDP) from Norway (n=1791) conducted in 2019. For measures of association and regression analysis, the Pearson chi-square test and logistic regression were used, respectively. Data was reported with proportions, odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI).
Results: The overall prevalence of ever-filing CAN reports was 70% and 50% in the last three work years. The prevalence of having had CAN training during schooling and the last three work years was 56% and 79%, respectively. The logistic regression analysis showed significant OR (95% CI) of 2.5 (1.6-4.0) for one day CAN work training,2.5 (1.6-4.0) for 2-4 days CAN work training,5.0 (2.6-9.5) for 5 or more days CAN work training, 0.5 (0.3-0.8) for those that expressed the need for a little more training on CAN routines,0.5 (0.3-0.9) for those that expressed much more need for training on CAN routines. Education about CAN during schooling was not associated with filing CAN reports
Conclusions: Child abuse and neglect training during work in the previous three years of schooling is associated with filing reports of concern in the last three years but not during schooling among PHDP of Norway. The likelihood of filing reports of CAN increased with the number of days of CAN training during work and reduced with an expressed need for training on routines of reporting CAN.