@article{ref1,
title="What do child abuse and neglect medical evaluation consultation notes tell researchers and clinicians?",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2022",
author="Golonka, Megan and Liu, Yuerong and Rohrs, Rosie and Copeland, Jennifer and Byrd, Jessalyn and Stilwell, Laura and Crew, Carter and Kuehn, Molly and Snyder-Fickler, Elizabeth and Hurst, Jillian H. and Evans, Kelly E. and Terrell, Lindsay and Gifford, Elizabeth J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Child abuse and neglect (CAN) medical experts provide specialized multidisciplinary care to children when there is concern for maltreatment. Their clinical notes contain valuable information on child- and family-level factors, clinical concerns, and service placements that may inform the needed supports for the family. We created and implemented a coding system for data abstraction from these notes. Participants were 1,397 children ages 0-17 years referred for a consultation with a CAN medical provider at an urban teaching and research hospital between March 2013 and December 2017. Coding themes were developed using an interdisciplinary team-based approach to qualitative analysis, and descriptive results are presented using a developmental-contextual framework. This study demonstrates the potential value of developing a coding system to assess characteristics and patterns from CAN medical provider notes, which could be helpful in improving quality of care and prevention and detection of child abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/10775595221134537",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595221134537"
}