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Hibbard RA, Serwint J, Connolly M. Educational program on evaluation of alleged sexual abuse victims. Child Abuse Negl. 1987;11(4):513-9doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(87)90077-9.
Hibbard, R. A., Serwint, J., & Connolly, M. (1987). Educational program on evaluation of alleged sexual abuse victims. Child abuse & neglect, 11(4), 513-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/0145-2134(87)90077-9
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Hibbard RA, Serwint J, Connolly M. Educational program on evaluation of alleged sexual abuse victims. Child Abuse Negl. 1987;11(4):513-9. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(87)90077-9. PMID: 3427512.
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Child Abuse Negl. 1987;11(4):513-9. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(87)90077-9.

Educational program on evaluation of alleged sexual abuse victims.

Child abuse & neglect

R A Hibbard, J Serwint, M Connolly

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

PMID: 3427512 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(87)90077-9

Abstract

Increased awareness of the problem of child sexual abuse has resulted in increasing numbers of children presenting to professionals for the evaluation of possible sexual victimization. A multidisciplinary project to develop professionals' knowledge and skills in the identification and evaluation of possible victims is described. The program focused on the child as a victim and emphasized developmental perspectives with regard to identification, interviewing children, the medical examination, and children in the legal system. Fifty-one medical and social work professionals from ten Indiana counties attended the program and responded to questionnaires about their experience and knowledge. Of 40 (78%) respondents, 63% had had no previous training in the medical evaluation for child sexual abuse. Child protective workers referred alleged victims primarily to the child's regular physician (37%) or emergency room (31%) for medical examination. Knowledge about child sexual abuse improved significantly at two weeks postsymposium (p = .001) and remained improved at six months postsymposium (p less than .02). These original participants have subsequently organized similar multidisciplinary programs in their local communities for medical, social, law enforcement, and legal professionals; thus, they have been "seeds" for further educational and cooperative efforts throughout the state.

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