Newcity Amanda, Ziniel Sonja, Needleman Howard
Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Boston, USA.
J Mass Dent Soc. 2011 Fall;60(3):28-31.
The purpose of this study was to determine the current rate of observing and reporting of child neglect among Massachusetts dentists and to identify possible factors associated with child neglect observation and reporting behaviors.
A web-based questionnaire was emailed to 3,451 members of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS). The questionnaire was divided into three parts: demographic information on the dentists and their practices; knowledge and reporting behaviors of child maltreatment; and educational experiences with child maltreatment.
The response rate to the survey was 19.6 percent, with 678 dentists completing the questionnaire. In the year prior to taking the survey, the responding dentists encountered 239 cases of child neglect, of which 20 percent were reported to authorities. The most powerful predictor for seeing and reporting cases of child neglect was the dentist's participation in child maltreatment continuing education courses.
Massachusetts dentists do see and report cases of child neglect; however, only a minority of these cases was reported. Participation in continuing education courses was a strong predictor of dentists' both seeing and reporting cases of child neglect.
本研究的目的是确定马萨诸塞州牙医观察和报告儿童忽视情况的当前比率，并确定与儿童忽视观察和报告行为相关的可能因素。
通过电子邮件向马萨诸塞州牙科协会（MDS）的3451名成员发送了一份基于网络的问卷。问卷分为三个部分：牙医及其诊所的人口统计学信息；虐待儿童的知识和报告行为；以及虐待儿童方面的教育经历。
调查的回复率为19.6%，有678名牙医完成了问卷。在参加调查前的一年里，回复问卷的牙医遇到了239起儿童忽视案例，其中20%报告给了当局。观察和报告儿童忽视案例的最有力预测因素是牙医参与虐待儿童继续教育课程。
马萨诸塞州的牙医确实会观察和报告儿童忽视案例；然而，这些案例中只有少数被报告。参与继续教育课程是牙医观察和报告儿童忽视案例的有力预测因素。
