title: Child maltreatment awareness for prehospital providers.
abstract: Child abuse continues to go undetected by hospital-based health care providers because clues may exist exclusively in the child's home. Emergency personnel are in the unique position of being able to assess the home environment. An educational intervention was developed to increase the prehospital providers' awareness of how to assess, report, and document suspected child maltreatment based on findings in the home.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Emergency Services at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. barbrn@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lazzara
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Dana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wiltsek
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*