Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community Health Workers Regarding Child Abuse in Tabriz Health Centers in 2015-2016.
Mohammad Hasan Sahebihagh, Seyedeh Zahra Hosseini, Mina Hosseinzadeh and 1 others
PMID 28670588WHAT IT FOUND
Community health workers showed good knowledge and positive attitudes toward child abuse, but most who encountered cases had poor performance.
Attendance at training courses was linked to better knowledge scores.
Key findings
0191.35 percent of participants had good or excellent attitudes, but only 5.67 percent of those who faced child abuse cases had good performance.
02Community health workers who attended educational training courses had significantly higher knowledge scores regarding abuse complications and symptoms.
0335 percent of participants reported having faced cases of child abuse during their work.
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What it does not show
Self-reported performance may not reflect actual clinical behavior. The study excluded participants who answered less than 20% of the questionnaire, which could introduce selection bias. The lack of a legal obligation to report child abuse in Iran may explain the low performance rates, limiting generalizability to settings with mandatory reporting laws.
Declared interests
The study was derived from an MSc nursing thesis with ethics approval from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; no specific commercial conflicts of interest are reported.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that high knowledge scores equate to effective clinical practice. The study found that despite good knowledge and attitudes, most workers who encountered abuse cases performed poorly, indicating a gap between awareness and action.