Effects of education about the detection of signs of child abuse on after-school child-care workers

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463534
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: SUZUI EMIKO 兵庫医療大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20289218)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IIO YUKA 兵庫医療大学, 看護学部, 講師 (70454791) ; SAITO MASAKO 関西国際大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (80511617) ; OHASHI KAZUTOMO 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (30203897) ; NAKAYAMA YOSHIKAZU 岡山大学, キャリア開発センター, 助教 (40595469)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 学童保育 / 指導員 / 児童虐待 / 早期発見徴候 / 被害児童 / 教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Purpose:The results of interviews involving after-school child-care workers, we developed an educational tool to learn the detection of signs of child abuse, and used it in workshops. In this study, we examined its effectiveness.
Methods: Subject were divided into 2 groups: those who received education and those who did not receive it. Surveys were conducted twice before and 10 months after the workshop.Results: No significant difference was observed in their backgrounds, including the duration of employment, age, types of marriage. However, a marked difference the total score of the child abuse signs and was observed in their awareness of physical and emotional characteristics and behaviors of abused children and behavioral characteristics of abusers after the workshop. The above results indicate that education about the detection of signs of child abuse is useful for after-school child-care workers, and its effects are considered to remain for a long period of time.

Free Research Field

看護学