Nurses who work with children have the opportunity to make a difference by identifying and
responding to child abuse and neglect. Little is known about the ways that nurses define …

Child welfare services (CWS) rely on referrals from professionals and civilians to address
maltreatment and behavioural problems. To our knowledge, no prior study explored to what …

Protecting an unborn baby from abuse and neglect presents particular challenges for
professionals due to the uncertainties about appraising future harm and functioning of family …

Remarkably little priority is given in the literature to minority groups' perspectives vis-à-vis
mandatory reporting legislation of child maltreatment. This study examined how mandatory …

This article analyses and discusses social workers' perspectives on dealing with referrals
concerning suspected violence and abuse in child protection within a legal setting guided by …

Teachers in preschools and schools have a central role in detecting children at risk of
maltreatment. The aim of this study was to provide a longitudinal understanding of teachers' …

ABSTRACT In 2021, 600,000 US children were victims of maltreatment. Decisions to report
suspicions of child maltreatment can be influenced by one's attitudes, beliefs, and …

This study examined the perceptions of children's social workers (CSWs) about cultural
sensitivity in mandated reporting. The study revealed that most child abuse referrals were …

Background There is a dearth of literature surrounding mandated reporters to child welfare
services in the Canadian context. This paper examines 20 years of reporting patterns from …

This study investigated how physicians, nurses, and social workers in community health
care services make judgements about possible child maltreatment in ambiguous situations …