Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2021 Jul;117:105033. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105033. Epub 2021 Apr 23.
Despite being well-positioned to identify maltreatment in the children that they provide care for and being legally required to report suspected child maltreatment, early childhood professionals (ECPs) make a limited proportion of reports to child protective services. It is critical to identify evidence-based interventions to improve the reporting practices of this group of mandated reporters allowing for the better protection of children from maltreatment.
The goal of the present study was to determine if iLookOut, an online child abuse identification and reporting training for ECPs, results in differential gains in knowledge and attitudes towards child abuse and its reporting among ECPs, as compared to an online standard training.
Both interventions were completed online by participants recruited from licensed child care programs in Southern Maine from October 2017 to January 2020. Eligibility criteria included being at least 18 years of age, English-speaking, and working as paid or volunteer staff at a licensed child care program taking care of children 5 years of age or younger. Of the 1152 enrolled individuals, 1094 provided complete pre- and post-intervention data.
A randomized controlled trial comparing iLookOut with an online standard training.
ECPs who completed iLookOut significantly outperformed those who completed Standard mandated reporter training in terms of both knowledge (d=1.09 vs. 0.67) and attitudes (d=0.67 vs. 0.54) relative to pre-test scores.
iLookOut is a promising candidate for widespread use in meeting the need for evidence-based training on child abuse and its reporting.
尽管幼儿教育工作者（ECE）非常适合识别他们照顾的儿童中的虐待行为，并且法律上也要求他们报告疑似虐待儿童的行为，但他们向儿童保护服务机构报告的比例有限。确定基于证据的干预措施对于改善这一强制报告群体的报告实践至关重要，从而更好地保护儿童免受虐待。
本研究的目的是确定 iLookOut 是否可以改善幼儿教育工作者对儿童虐待及其报告的知识和态度，iLookOut 是一种针对幼儿教育工作者的在线儿童虐待识别和报告培训，与在线标准培训相比，iLookOut 是否可以改善幼儿教育工作者对儿童虐待及其报告的知识和态度。
两项干预措施均由 2017 年 10 月至 2020 年 1 月从缅因州南部持照儿童保育计划中招募的参与者在线完成。入选标准包括年龄至少 18 岁，英语流利，并且作为付费或志愿者在持照儿童保育计划中照顾 5 岁或以下的儿童。在 1152 名入组的参与者中，有 1094 名提供了完整的干预前后数据。
一项比较 iLookOut 与在线标准培训的随机对照试验。
与完成标准强制报告培训的 ECP 相比，完成 iLookOut 的 ECP 在知识（d=1.09 与 0.67）和态度（d=0.67 与 0.54）方面的得分均显著提高，与前测得分相比。
iLookOut 是满足儿童虐待及其报告的基于证据的培训需求的有前途的候选者。
