title: [Child abuse and dentists].
abstract: A questionnaire on the recognition and reporting of child abuse was sent to a random sample of Dutch dental practitioners (N = 250). The response rate was 54%. Eighty-six percent had never seen a case of child abuse. The percentage of dentists reporting a (suspicious) case of child abuse (6%) was lower than the percentage of dentists detecting a case of suspicious child abuse (14%). The most important reason for this discrepancy seems to be a lack of knowledge and/or skills to properly identify child abuse. More professional education about child abuse is desired.
authors.affiliation: Uit de vakgroep Sociale Tandheelkunde en Voorlichtingskunde van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA).
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: ter Horst
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Eijkman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kroese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schleicher
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003815:Dentists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D009426:Netherlands; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires