Transcript World Perspectives on Child Abuse and Higher Education Tonmyr L., MSW, Ph.D

World Perspectives on Child Abuse
Gray J., OBE, BSc, Dip Social Work, Dip Teaching
and Higher Education
Tonmyr L., MSW, Ph.D
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Special thanks to:
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Funders: American Humane Association, OAK
Foundation and Public Health Agency of Canada
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Specialist roles: Deborah Daro, John Fluke (Cochair of WG on child maltreatment data collection),
Bert Van Puyenbroeck, Lutz Goldbeck, Andy
Hauser, Don Bross and Jasminka Draca
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All our contributors
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ISPCAN staff especially Kayla Manzel
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Selected issues and
concerns
11 commentaries on use of research:
− To improve policy and practice to address child
abuse
− To understand the incidence or impact of child
maltreatment
− To underscore the variability of the definition of child
abuse and neglect and how this presents unique
challenges in developing international policy or
training programs
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Child maltreatment data
Articles describing diverse aspects of data
collection-strengths and limitations:
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Inclusion of child maltreatment questions in
health survey of general population
Development of data collection in Greece and
SE Europe
Introduce public health perspective to CAN
Code mortality and morbidity data using ICD
codes
Use of helpline data
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Frameworks for international
trends in CAN data
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Ten countries participated
Topics:
• Legal aspects
• Data collection methods and systems
• Maltreatment patterns
• Strengths and limitations
• Future plans and directions
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Mini-survey
Completed by 23 countries (5 continents)
Focus on national initiatives:
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Important developments in the last 2 years
Three key challenges
Data collection programmes
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
(MICS)-Executive Summary
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35 middle and low income countries
participated
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Describes findings of the child parental discipline
module
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Helps understand prevalence of child disciplinary
practices in a cross national context
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MICS study findings
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Violent and harsh psychological discipline was common in
children aged 2–14
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39–95% reported to receive violent discipline
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Positive interactions between caregivers and children relate
to lower levels of violent discipline and non-violent discipline
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Strongest association between violent discipline and the
belief that child needs physical punishment to be raised
properly
“no violence against children is justifiable,
and all violence against children is preventable”
(Pinheiro, 2006, p.5)
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Bibliography
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Research from 35 countries
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89 journal article and reports (03/08 – 05/10)
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Represents overview of the available research on
child abuse and neglect
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Copies are available:
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Order online: www.ispcan.org
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ISPCAN website for members
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Suggestions for future editions
Please send to:
Howard Dubowitz
[email protected]
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Thank you!
Jenny Gray
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Lil Tonmyr
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