Blog Post #3

The sociological research that is relevant to my topic is 'The impact of an educational program on recognition, treatment and report or a child abuse. This journal article is information I think the public should know about because it is along the lines of educating and creating awareness on the reporting and treatment pertaining to this horrible act.  The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a multidisciplinary educational program,  which is called Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) prevention strategies , individuation and treatment", on knowledge, treatment and the follow-up of the physicians of  Gemilli University Hospital concerning physical, sexual abuse and neglect. Prior to the study , authors analyzed the data about patients 18 years and below who were victims of CAN  between the 1st of April and the 30th of April. Data about categories of maltreatment like physical sexual abuse and negelct, age , nationality and gender were being analyzed. Social conditions of  victims of abuse are also put into consideration  for example drug addicted parents or being in foster care. When it come to children, Pediatricians are one of the main people to identify if a child is being abused. Some physicians are not adequately trained to identify or recognize the injuries inflicted on a child. The reason as to some of them are not adequately trained is that didactic training is not mandatory to  physicians and since its not mandatory very few tend to participate in that training. This is not helping in catching the signs of abuse on a child to prevent any type of future abuse.  According to Ferrara, Gatto, Manganelli, Iannielo, Amodeo, Amato, Giardino, Chiaretti, Chiaretti (2017), there have been recent increases in recognition of  CAN as a medical problem but there is also no correlation of any improved knowledge among physicians. This sociological research is important and matters to society because it deals with children who will one day become adults  so the prevention of child abuse and early identification of abuse to a child must be accurate . Physicians should receive the mandatory training and not have an option of whether or not to take it knowing that it is an important set of tools that will benefit children. Education in child maltreatment is prevalent and should be improvements in training.

Ferrara, Pietro et al. 2017. “The impact of an educational program on recognition, treatment and report of child abuse.” Italian Journal of Pediatrics 43(1).