Child welfare workers’ knowledge of risk factors for child maltreatment fatalities: a second multi-state assessment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-26-2020
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Public Child Welfare
Abstract
This paper reports results from a second study which examines the knowledge and training of child welfare professionals with regard to risk factors for fatal child maltreatment. This multi-state, online study (n = 619) shows that workers have gaps in their knowledge of risk factors for maltreatment-related deaths. The majority of workers had received training, but it had little impact on worker knowledge. Workers reported receiving a variety of trainings on risks for fatalities, with different sources, length of training, and foci. Workers who received training that focused on research-based risk factors had higher levels of knowledge than other workers.
DOI
10.1080/15548732.2019.1612816
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
85065760540 (Scopus)
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Douglas, Emily M. and Gushwa, Melinda K., "Child welfare workers’ knowledge of risk factors for child maltreatment fatalities: a second multi-state assessment" (2020). Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 184.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/social-work-and-child-advocacy-facpubs/184