The National Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 3LT, UK.
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe Green Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8JD, UK.
Child Abuse Negl. 2017 Oct;72:276-282. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.08.024. Epub 2017 Sep 14.
This paper reports the results of an online survey which aimed to explore practitioners' and faith community groups' awareness and understanding of child abuse linked to faith or belief (CALFB) and to identify their further training needs in this area. The survey was founded in the work of the National working group for CALFB; a multi-agency response group committed to raising knowledge and awareness of this form of child abuse. Despite the relatively small number of recorded cases, CALFB continues to be a matter of concern to professionals and faith communities in the UK and beyond. One thousand three hundred and sixty two respondents comprising of frontline practitioners, faith and community group members completed the survey. A mixed-method analysis of the survey data illustrates a wide-ranging understanding of the term CALFB and disagreement about whether this is a specific form of child abuse. The results also indicate a relationship between confidence levels in identifying and responding to CALFB and specific training in this area. There is a call for specialised training to be more readily available. Further work is needed to develop a toolkit, which identifies indicators of CALFB and effective response pathways together with research across communities. The current research is timely and important in providing a foundation on which to build more effective identification of cases, policy and intervention.
本文报告了一项在线调查的结果，该调查旨在探讨从业者和信仰团体对与信仰或信念相关的儿童虐待（CALFB）的认识和理解，并确定他们在这一领域的进一步培训需求。该调查是基于国家 CALFB 工作组的工作；该工作组是一个多机构应对小组，致力于提高对这种形式的儿童虐待的认识和意识。尽管记录的案件相对较少，但 CALFB 仍然是英国及其他地区专业人士和信仰社区关注的问题。1362 名受访者包括一线从业者、信仰和社区团体成员，完成了这项调查。对调查数据的混合方法分析表明，对 CALFB 一词有广泛的理解，但对于这是否是一种特定形式的儿童虐待存在分歧。结果还表明，在识别和回应 CALFB 方面的信心水平与该领域的特定培训之间存在关联。有人呼吁更方便地提供专门培训。需要进一步开展工作，以制定一个工具包，确定 CALFB 的指标和有效应对途径，以及跨社区的研究。当前的研究具有及时性和重要性，为更有效地识别案件、制定政策和干预措施奠定了基础。
