The decision-making processes adopted by rurally located mandated professionals when child abuse or neglect is suspected.
The reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect is a mandated role of medical doctors, nurses, police and teachers in Victoria, Australia. This paper reports on a research study that sought to explicate how mandated professionals working in rural Victorian contexts identify a child/ren at risk and the decisions they make subsequently.
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
Karen
K
Francis
Ysanne
Y
Chapman
Kenneth
K
Sellick
Ainlsey
A
James
Maureen
M
Miles
Janet
J
Jones
Julie
J
Grant
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003657:Decision Making; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D016495:Police; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012424:Rural Population; D014739:Victoria