Child Advocacy and Assessment Program, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2013 Feb-Mar;37(2-3):102-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.12.007. Epub 2013 Jan 19.
Health professionals working with children and their families are often required by law to report to governmental authorities any reasonable suspicion of child abuse and/or neglect. Extant research has pointed toward various barriers to reporting, with scant attention to positive processes to support the reporting process. This paper focuses on the context for mandatory reporting and evidence-informed practice for supporting a more structured and purposeful process of mandatory reporting. These practical strategies discusses: (1) the factors that positively influence the relationship between a child's caregivers and the mandated health professional reporter; (2) a framework and specific skills for discussing concerns about maltreatment and reporting to child protective services with the caregiver(s); and (3) the need for further training and education of health professionals.
从事儿童及其家庭工作的健康专业人员通常被法律要求向政府当局报告任何合理怀疑的儿童虐待和/或忽视。现有的研究已经指出了报告的各种障碍，而对支持报告过程的积极过程关注甚少。本文重点介绍了强制性报告的背景和循证实践，以支持更具结构性和有目的的强制性报告过程。这些实用策略讨论了：（1）积极影响儿童照顾者与强制健康专业报告者之间关系的因素；（2）与照顾者讨论虐待问题和向儿童保护服务机构报告的框架和具体技能；（3）健康专业人员进一步培训和教育的必要性。
