Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-81).
Contents:
References. Acknowledgements -- 6. Introduction -- II. Overview of previous agency surveys and national administrative data sets -- 1. Agency selection -- 1.1. Mapping child protection agencies -- 1.2. Preliminary assessment to determine if the full mapping exercise is warranted -- 1.3. Agency sampling -- 2. Case selection -- 2.1. Case process mapping -- 2.2. Sampling units and data -- 2.3. Sampling procedures -- 2.4. Dealing with duplication issues -- 3. Definitions, variables and coding -- 3.1. Important processes for researchers -- 3.2. Issues in defining child maltreatment -- 4. Statistical modelling -- 4.1. Agency response and levels of measurement -- 4.2. Using weights in complex samples -- 4.3. Multilevel modelling -- 4.4. Analyses including 'time' -- 4.5. Statistical software -- 5. Collaboration between research and practice -- 5.1. Obtaining agency participation -- 5.2. Cost issues in studying the national prevalence of child maltreatment: an example of a cost-effective study strategy in the Netherlands -- 5.3. Dissemination -- 5.4. Sustainability -- 6. References.
Summary:
Published by WHO, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and the University of New Hampshire, this toolkit provides academics and decision-makers with strategies for conducting national or regional studies of the incidence of and agency response to child maltreatment. These studies are developed based on the collection of administrative data or through surveys of professionals. Such research is important to policy-makers who need information about which agencies have knowledge of the problem of child maltreatment, and their response when they encounter it. Based on this information, they can plan how to improve practices, enhance systems and strengthen professional capacity.--Publisher description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.