Child Abuse
Conditions
Keywords
child abuse and neglect, child maltreatment, non accidental injury, training, educational program
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the e-learning program about the recognition of child maltreatment is effective in nurses on the A&E department compared to a control group.
Detailed description
Child abuse and neglect represents an international problem with high prevalence and unacceptable levels of morbidity and mortality. Many children are seen each day in the accident and emergency departement of an hospital. Therefore the A&E departement have an important role in the identification of child maltreatment. The lack of an effective teaching program together with the failures in the child protection process has encouraged the development of a clinical-practice-oriented e-learning program on detecting child maltreatment. We will investigate the effect of this e-learning program.
Interventions
OTHERE-learning program
Participants are committed to accomplish the program in approximately 2 hours. Additionally to these mandatory hours, they were able to access the e-learning program at any time and place.
Sponsors
a private, non-commercial foundation that wishes to not be named
UMC Utrecht
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Working at the A&E department of the UMC-Utrecht.
Exclusion criteria
* Absent during one of the two measurement periods.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical behaviour on the A&E department, self-efficacy of the nurse in the detection of child abuse and assessment of the individual performance on screening child abuse. | 2-3 months |
Outcome results
None listed