TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - National survey of hospital child protection teams in Japan
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Tanoue, Koji
A1  - Senda, Masayoshi
A1  - An, Byongmun
A1  - Tasaki, Midori
A1  - Taguchi, Megumi
A1  - Kobashi, Kosuke
A1  - Oana, Shinji
A1  - Mizoguchi, Fumitake
A1  - Shiraishi, Yuko
A1  - Yamada, Fujiko
A1  - Okuyama, Makiko
A1  - Ichikawa, Kotaro
SP  - 11
EP  - 21
VL  - 79
IS  - 
N2  - This study aimed to investigate the penetration rate of child protection teams (CPTs) in medical institutions and associations between CPT functions and hospital services. We collected data in October of 2015 from 377 hospitals in Japan offering pediatric organ transplantation. The questionnaire included questions regarding the existence of a CPT, the number of child maltreatment cases discussed and reported per year, CPT functions including 21 items about staffing, manuals, meeting, prevention, education, and collaboration, and the services provided by the hospital. Of the 377 institutions, 122 (32.4%) answered the survey. There were significant associations between CPT functions and the number of pediatric beds (r = .27), number of pediatricians (r = .27), number of outpatients (r = .39), number of emergency outpatients (r = .28), and emergency medical care (p = .009). In a multiple regression analysis, CPT functions were significantly associated with the number of CPT members, pediatric outpatient numbers, and pediatric emergency outpatient numbers. Japan has no CPT guidelines that outline what CPTs should offer in terms of structure, staffing, functions, and systems. Hospitals with many pediatric and emergency outpatients are expected to play major roles in providing services such as specialty care, intensive care, and education. They are also expected to play a role in detecting and managing child maltreatment, and have, by their own initiative, improved their capacities to achieve these goals.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.01.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -