TY - JOUR
T1 - Inter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers' ability to identify child maltreatment
AU - Okato, Ayumi
AU - Hashimoto, Tasuku
AU - Tanaka, Mami
AU - Saito, Naoki
AU - Endo, Mamiko
AU - Okayama, Jun
AU - Ichihara, Akiko
AU - Eshima, Saki
AU - Handa, Satoshi
AU - Senda, Masayoshi
AU - Sato, Yasunori
AU - Watanabe, Hiroyuki
AU - Nakazato, Michiko
AU - Iyo, Masaomi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Mitsubishi Foundation for Social Welfare Activities (ID 30325).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/7/6
Y1 - 2020/7/6
N2 - Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affect multidisciplinary workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted; the contents of the questionnaire included the Collaboration Evaluation Scale we developed and the workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. In total, 277 individuals from various agencies in Japan participated in this study. To examine the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration affecting workers' awareness of child maltreatment, we used hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: The analysis showed the positive effect of "commitment with loyalty"on the workers' awareness of child maltreatment-related information in all fields (β =.18-.31, p <.05), the effect of "strong leadership"on information about maltreated children and the home environment (β =.18, p <.05; β =.16, p <.05, respectively), and the effect of "resources"on the information about mothers' information during pregnancy and of fathers' feelings towards their children during the perinatal period (β =.17, p <.05; β =.22, p <.01, respectively). In conclusion, commitment with loyalty, strong leadership, and resources are factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affects the ability of multidisciplinary workers to recognize signs of child maltreatment.
AB - Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affect multidisciplinary workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted; the contents of the questionnaire included the Collaboration Evaluation Scale we developed and the workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. In total, 277 individuals from various agencies in Japan participated in this study. To examine the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration affecting workers' awareness of child maltreatment, we used hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: The analysis showed the positive effect of "commitment with loyalty"on the workers' awareness of child maltreatment-related information in all fields (β =.18-.31, p <.05), the effect of "strong leadership"on information about maltreated children and the home environment (β =.18, p <.05; β =.16, p <.05, respectively), and the effect of "resources"on the information about mothers' information during pregnancy and of fathers' feelings towards their children during the perinatal period (β =.17, p <.05; β =.22, p <.01, respectively). In conclusion, commitment with loyalty, strong leadership, and resources are factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affects the ability of multidisciplinary workers to recognize signs of child maltreatment.
KW - Child abuse
KW - Child maltreatment
KW - Factor
KW - Inter-agency collaboration
KW - Multidisciplinary approach
KW - Prevention of child maltreatment
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U2 - 10.1186/s13104-020-05162-7
DO - 10.1186/s13104-020-05162-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 32631454
AN - SCOPUS:85087723398
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 13
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
IS - 1
M1 - 323
ER -
