The Need for Training Medical professionals in Child Sexual Abuse

Professionals' criteria for detecting and reporting child sexual abuse.

Professionals who are likely to come into contact with children play an essential role in the protection of children, thus we aimed to study the criteria they use to identify and report child sexual abuse cases. Based on the Factorial Survey design, we presented 974 Spanish (90%) and Latin American professionals from six fields (Psychology, Social Services, Education, Health, Law and Security) ...

Child abuse and neglect: reporting by health professionals and their need for training.

BACKGROUND For health professionals who interact professionally with children, adequate awareness and training regarding the clinical indicators of child abuse and neglect, as well as subsequent reporting and procedures, are essential. OBJECTIVES To study Israeli health professionals experiences with identification and reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect, and their perceiv...

Limitations of the medical evaluation for child sexual abuse.

The purpose of this review is to highlight the inherent difficulties that a clinician faces during the evaluation of child sexual abuse cases. Each component of the medical evaluation has its own unique problems. Some of them are caused by the nature of the abusive relationship, while others are the result of the children's limited verbal skills. Readers should be aware of these limitations as ...

Emotional impact of the medical examination for child sexual abuse.

Attitudes of health professionals to child sexual abuse and incest.

While there has been increasing interest in the topic of child sexual abuse, few studies have focused on attitudes or the determinants of such attitudes held by professionals. To what extent concern is based on stereotyping or factual knowledge is not clear. The present study uses a combination of experimental and survey methodologies to address these issues. Sample case histories were issued t...