TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Pediatrician characteristics associated with child abuse identification and reporting: results from a national survey of pediatricians
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Flaherty, Emalee Gottbrath
A1  - Sege, R.
A1  - Price, Lori Lyn
A1  - Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer
A1  - Norton, David P.
A1  - O'Connor, Karen G.
SP  - 361
EP  - 369
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - Pediatrician experience with child protective services (CPS) and factors associated with identifying and reporting suspected child physical abuse were examined by a survey of members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Respondents provided information about their demographics and experience, attitudes and practices with child abuse. They indicated their diagnosis and management of a child in a purposely ambiguous clinical vignette. Pediatricians who had received recent child abuse education were more confident in their ability to identify and manage child abuse. High confidence in ability to manage child abuse and positive attitude about domestic violence screening and value of anticipatory guidance predicted that pediatricians would have high suspicion that the child in the vignette was abused and that they would report the child to CPS. Future efforts to improve medical intervention in child abuse should focus on physician attitudes and experience, as well as cognitive factors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559506292287
ID  - ref1
ER  -