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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude of dentists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) regarding signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect (CAN), reporting procedure and level of education. METHODS: Data were collected through a self-administrated structured questionnaire...

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Autores principales: Markovic, Nina, Muratbegovic, Amra Arslanagic, Kobaslija, Sedin, Bajric, Elmedin, Selimovic-Dragas, Mediha, Huseinbegovic, Amina, Cuković-Bagic, Ivana
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Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889093
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.372-375
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author Markovic, Nina
Muratbegovic, Amra Arslanagic
Kobaslija, Sedin
Bajric, Elmedin
Selimovic-Dragas, Mediha
Huseinbegovic, Amina
Cuković-Bagic, Ivana
author_facet Markovic, Nina
Muratbegovic, Amra Arslanagic
Kobaslija, Sedin
Bajric, Elmedin
Selimovic-Dragas, Mediha
Huseinbegovic, Amina
Cuković-Bagic, Ivana
author_sort Markovic, Nina
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description PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude of dentists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) regarding signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect (CAN), reporting procedure and level of education. METHODS: Data were collected through a self-administrated structured questionnaire adopted and modified from previous studies. It was administrated to 300 dentists out of which a total number of 210 subjects were in final sample for statistical analyses. Response rate was seventy percent. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to analyze statistical differences in responses. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. RESULTS: Dentists in BH are very rarely provided (80%) with training related to recognition and reporting of CAN. Sixty six percent of dentists had never suspected CAN in their practice. Only nine percent of dentists would report suspicious of CAN. Prevailing reasons for not reporting suspected case of CAN was lack of knowledge of the reporting procedure (43%), and combination of indicated answers that never had a case and lack of knowledge about the procedure (31%). CONCLUSION: Results of this study suggest that dentists need an effective education to increase their knowledge and awareness of all aspects of CAN.
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spelling pubmed-47335452016-02-17 KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Markovic, Nina Muratbegovic, Amra Arslanagic Kobaslija, Sedin Bajric, Elmedin Selimovic-Dragas, Mediha Huseinbegovic, Amina Cuković-Bagic, Ivana Mater Sociomed Original Paper PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude of dentists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) regarding signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect (CAN), reporting procedure and level of education. METHODS: Data were collected through a self-administrated structured questionnaire adopted and modified from previous studies. It was administrated to 300 dentists out of which a total number of 210 subjects were in final sample for statistical analyses. Response rate was seventy percent. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to analyze statistical differences in responses. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. RESULTS: Dentists in BH are very rarely provided (80%) with training related to recognition and reporting of CAN. Sixty six percent of dentists had never suspected CAN in their practice. Only nine percent of dentists would report suspicious of CAN. Prevailing reasons for not reporting suspected case of CAN was lack of knowledge of the reporting procedure (43%), and combination of indicated answers that never had a case and lack of knowledge about the procedure (31%). CONCLUSION: Results of this study suggest that dentists need an effective education to increase their knowledge and awareness of all aspects of CAN. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4733545/ /pubmed/26889093 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.372-375 Text en Copyright: © Nina Markovic, Amra Arslanagic Muratbegovic, Sedin Kobaslija, Elmedin Bajric, Mediha Selimovic-Dragas, Amina Huseinbegovic, Ivana Cuković-Bagic http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Markovic, Nina
Muratbegovic, Amra Arslanagic
Kobaslija, Sedin
Bajric, Elmedin
Selimovic-Dragas, Mediha
Huseinbegovic, Amina
Cuković-Bagic, Ivana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889093
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.372-375
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