Zavras A L, Pai L H
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
J Clin Pediatr Dent. 1997 Fall;22(1):23-7.
Child abuse and neglect is a serious social problem with global dimensions. The purpose of this study was to assess attitudes and perceptions of students of medicine, dentistry and public health at three Boston institutions about child abuse and neglect issues that they may encounter in their future professional lives. Among others, we investigated how participants rank the public health importance of child abuse and neglect in comparison with violent acts against other social groups, their willingness to report it and their potential interest to supplement their knowledge with additional course work. Two hundred and fourteen students participated in the study by completing our questionnaire. The results of the statistical analyses indicate that child abuse is considered the most serious problem, followed by domestic violence, child neglect and abuse of the handicapped and the elderly. We also documented that a significant educational need exists in this group, regarding diagnostic methods and interventions aimed to reduce the incidence and the impact of violence or neglect against children.
虐待和忽视儿童是一个具有全球影响的严重社会问题。本研究的目的是评估波士顿三所机构的医学、牙科和公共卫生专业学生对他们未来职业生涯中可能遇到的虐待和忽视儿童问题的态度和看法。除其他外，我们调查了参与者如何将虐待和忽视儿童的公共卫生重要性与针对其他社会群体的暴力行为进行排名，他们报告此类行为的意愿以及他们通过额外课程学习补充知识的潜在兴趣。214名学生通过填写我们的问卷参与了这项研究。统计分析结果表明，虐待儿童被认为是最严重的问题，其次是家庭暴力、忽视儿童以及虐待残疾人和老年人。我们还记录到，该群体在旨在减少针对儿童的暴力或忽视行为的发生率和影响的诊断方法和干预措施方面存在重大教育需求。
