{"title":"Conducting Violence Research Across Multiple Family Generations and with Young Children: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study in South Africa.","authors":"Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nicola Christofides, Nataly Woollett, Ansie Fouche, Mpho Silima, Christina Thurston, Kopano Monaisa, Franziska Meinck","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00157-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42448-023-00157-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents findings from a pilot study focused on examining intergenerational violence in a three-generation sample, which included young children, in a rural area of South Africa. The aims of the pilot study were to investigate the feasibility of participant recruitment, consent, and interviewing; length and burden of the study questionnaires; appropriateness and acceptability of the measures used; and young children's (age 4-7) ability to comprehend the measures and participate meaningfully in interviews asking about violence. Data were collected for 4 months with three groups of participants, often within families (young adults, their children, and the young adults' former caregivers), using cognitive interviews, quantitative questionnaires, and qualitative in-depth interviews. All groups participated in arts-based methods and child interviews included visual and tactile aids. Pilot study findings demonstrated feasible recruitment within families for a three-generation study using comprehensive consent protocols and mandatory reporting information. Adults and young children were able to participate in the extensive interviews (2-3 h and 1 h, respectively) without significant burden. The employed measures were appropriate and acceptable to the setting, though minor revisions were made to improve comprehension of certain items. Young children were able to engage and participate meaningfully in the research, though they were not able to answer abstract reasoning items in cognitive interviews and children who were less developmentally advanced required more play- and arts-based accommodations to support their participation. Future research around sensitive topics, such as violence, appears feasible within families and including young children as participants even in resource-poor settings.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42448-023-00157-w.</p>","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9988603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9706170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynda Russell, R. Gajwani, Fiona Turner, H. Minnis
{"title":"Where Are the Children?: Addiction Workers’ Knowledge of Clients’ Offspring and Related Risks","authors":"Lynda Russell, R. Gajwani, Fiona Turner, H. Minnis","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00158-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00158-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84050400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary Pietrantoni, Jonathan Chitiyo, Szu‐Yu Chen, Sara C. McDaniel, Mihir Bhuptani
{"title":"Maltreatment in Schools: a Consultation Framework for School Personnel","authors":"Zachary Pietrantoni, Jonathan Chitiyo, Szu‐Yu Chen, Sara C. McDaniel, Mihir Bhuptani","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00155-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00155-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"53 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73521143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Liévano-Karim, Taylor Thaxton, Cecilia Bobbitt, Nicole Yee, Mariam Khan, Todd Franke
{"title":"A Balancing Act: How Professionals in the Foster Care System Balance the Harm of Intimate Partner Violence as Compared to the Harm of Child Removal.","authors":"Laura Liévano-Karim, Taylor Thaxton, Cecilia Bobbitt, Nicole Yee, Mariam Khan, Todd Franke","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00153-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42448-023-00153-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The striking prevalence of child exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and its associated adverse health outcomes necessitates a robust response from professionals who must grapple with the ethical dilemma of how to serve and support children in these circumstances. In 2020, 42 participants from four different professional backgrounds (attorneys, nonprofit leadership, licensed therapists, and social workers) were interviewed or participated in a focus group discussion. All groups acknowledged the shortfalls of current intervention practices, which often result in child removal. Group 1, which included social workers that work for children's legal services, minor's counsel, and Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services social workers, were more conflicted in their recommendations for change. Some Group 1 participants recommended more training, while others thought more training would make little difference and recommended more substantial changes to prevent child removal when possible. Group 2, which included parents' counsel, and Group 3, which included social workers, attorneys, and nonprofit leadership at IPV nonprofits, were more closely aligned in their recommendations, primarily focusing on systemic changes to the child welfare system. Participants whose employment required them to advocate for parents tend to view child removal from a non-offending parent as harmful for both the child and IPV survivor. These findings illuminate how the perspectives of these diverse participants are influenced by their professional and personal experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909141/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10713041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, J. Fluke, K. J. Havnen, Ø. Christiansen, S. Fossum
{"title":"Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample","authors":"S. A. Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, J. Fluke, K. J. Havnen, Ø. Christiansen, S. Fossum","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00154-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00154-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"81 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81911004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It Takes a (Professional) Village: a Model for Interdisciplinary Work with Maltreated Children","authors":"A. Stern, Stav Dekel Amir","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00151-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00151-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"12 1","pages":"131-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75271431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Sawyer, A. Cahill, S. Bartlett, Karen Smith, Daryl J. Higgins
{"title":"Do Australian Paramedics Understand Their Professional and Legal Obligations Regarding Child Abuse and Neglect?","authors":"Simon Sawyer, A. Cahill, S. Bartlett, Karen Smith, Daryl J. Higgins","doi":"10.1007/s42448-022-00144-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-022-00144-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"7 1","pages":"59-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90898935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of Children During the Pandemic: Scrutinizing Increased Vulnerabilities in Education in the Case of Turkey.","authors":"Serra Müderrisoğlu, Başak Akkan, Pınar Uyan Semerci, Emre Erdoğan","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00152-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42448-023-00152-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The lengthy time of school closure was one defining factor in understanding child well-being during the pandemic in a context where school as a relational space holds great importance for children, particularly those from a low socioeconomic background. Considering this significant aspect of lengthy school closure during the pandemic in Turkey, this article explores children's experiences concerning their day-to-day access to education, digital inequalities, housing conditions, and changing context of relations with peers and teachers. The article also explores the meaning that children attribute to school as a relational space where they shape their intergenerational and generational relations. The absence of the school in children's lives for almost 2 years has been a major source of longing for such significant childhood space. Following our earlier work on the children's negotiation of well-being within the boundaries of the relational spaces of home and school, this article looks into how children negotiate their well-being in a pandemic environment where school as a relational space has changed its meaning and where children's caretakers' (teachers, parents, and other) vulnerabilities have also increased. The analysis draws on the qualitative fieldwork carried out with 50 children during the summer of 2020 in Turkey. We aim to reflect on the experiences from children's perspectives within the boundaries of the constraints that the pandemic has generated. This article also discusses how COVID-19 has widened the gap and increased vulnerabilities among the already disadvantaged groups and gender in terms of available resources and their allocation as it is reflected in time use that portrays the meaning that children attribute to their own experience during the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9880355/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10599464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tobia Fattore, Gabrielle Drake, Jan Falloon, Jan Mason, Lise Mogensen
{"title":"Disruption, Slowness, and Collective Effervescence: Children's Perspectives on COVID-19 Lockdowns.","authors":"Tobia Fattore, Gabrielle Drake, Jan Falloon, Jan Mason, Lise Mogensen","doi":"10.1007/s42448-022-00147-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42448-022-00147-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic represented not only a health crisis, but a social crisis for children, one that has disrupted notions of what a good childhood is. However, the longer-term implications of the pandemic are still to be seen, for children, their families and communities. This article is concerned with what these ongoing changes may be, based on a qualitative multi-stage study that asks children about their experiences of well-being before the pandemic, during lockdowns and post-COVID-19 lockdowns. This included asking seven children in online semi-structured interviews about what aspects of life brought on by COVID-19 restrictions they would like to see continue post-lockdown. We outline some of our findings. We describe new rituals and ways of organising time developed by children, facilitated by the use of digital technologies. We describe these new ways of managing time as task-based rather than rule-based, with children experiencing slowness of and greater control over their time. We found that lockdowns provided a possibility for children to assert a public agency through banal acts of sociability, for example, by conforming to public health measures such as mask-wearing and hand-washing. Whilst small acts, children discussed these in terms of being moral agents (protecting the safety of others) and as part of a larger civic attitude they observed around them. Thus, their acts can be seen as expressions of larger forms of social solidarity that contributed to a sense of collective effervescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10760294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons for Child Protection Moving Forward: How to Keep From Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic","authors":"R. Krugman, J. Korbin","doi":"10.1007/s42448-023-00148-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-023-00148-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73485,"journal":{"name":"International journal on child maltreatment : research, policy and practice","volume":"37 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83543275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}