Inter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers’ ability to identify child maltreatment

dc.contributor.authorOkato, A., Hashimoto, T., Tanaka, M., Saito, N., Endo, M., Okayama, J., ... & Sato, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T18:47:52Z
dc.date.available2020-07-13T18:47:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study aimed to clarify the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that afect 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 afecting workers’ awareness of child maltreatment, we used hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: The analysis showed the positive efect of “commitment with loyalty” on the workers’ awareness of child maltreatment-related information in all felds (β=.18–.31, p<.05), the efect of “strong leadership” on information about maltreated children and the home environment (β=.18, p<.05; β=.16, p<.05, respectively), and the efect 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 afects the ability of multidisciplinary workers to recognize signs of child maltreatment.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOkato, A., Hashimoto, T., Tanaka, M., Saito, N., Endo, M., Okayama, J., ... & Sato, Y. (2020). Inter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers’ ability to identify child maltreatment. BMC Research Notes, 13(1), 1-7.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13104-020-05162-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4806
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Research Notesen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectmultidisciplinary teamen_US
dc.subjectinter-agency collaborationen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectJapanen_US
dc.titleInter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers’ ability to identify child maltreatmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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