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Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate Oman’s readiness for implementing large-scale child maltreatment prevention (CMP) programmes. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and August 2016 in Oman. Participants, referred to as key informants, were individuals with influence a...

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Autores principales: Al Saadoon, Muna, Al Numani, Asia, Saleheen, Hassan, Almuneef, Maha, Al-Eissa, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7065698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190368
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.01.006
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author Al Saadoon, Muna
Al Numani, Asia
Saleheen, Hassan
Almuneef, Maha
Al-Eissa, Majid
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Al Numani, Asia
Saleheen, Hassan
Almuneef, Maha
Al-Eissa, Majid
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description OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate Oman’s readiness for implementing large-scale child maltreatment prevention (CMP) programmes. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and August 2016 in Oman. Participants, referred to as key informants, were individuals with influence and decision-making powers over CMP. The multidimensional Readiness Assessment for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment tool, developed by the World Health Organization with the help of collaborators from middle- and low-income countries, was used to assess 10 dimensions of readiness, each with a maximum score of 10. RESULTS: A total of 49 participants were included in this study (response rate = 98%). The mean total score for the 10 dimensions was 50.17 out of 100 possible points. The participants showed high mean readiness scores on legislation, mandates and policies (9.08) followed by knowledge of CMP (7.55), institutional resources and links (6.12), willingness to address the problem (5.35), informal social resources (5.15) and current programme implementation and evaluation (5.10). Participants had low scores in readiness in association with human and technical resources (2.44), attitudes towards CMP (2.90), scientific data on CMP (3.06) and material resources (3.46). CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that Oman has a moderate level of readiness to implement large-scale evidence-based prevention programmes against child maltreatment; however, several dimensions still need to be strengthened. It is important to develop a national strategy that outlines a framework for organising and prioritising efforts towards CMP.
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spelling pubmed-70656982020-03-18 Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman Al Saadoon, Muna Al Numani, Asia Saleheen, Hassan Almuneef, Maha Al-Eissa, Majid Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J Clinical & Basic Research OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate Oman’s readiness for implementing large-scale child maltreatment prevention (CMP) programmes. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and August 2016 in Oman. Participants, referred to as key informants, were individuals with influence and decision-making powers over CMP. The multidimensional Readiness Assessment for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment tool, developed by the World Health Organization with the help of collaborators from middle- and low-income countries, was used to assess 10 dimensions of readiness, each with a maximum score of 10. RESULTS: A total of 49 participants were included in this study (response rate = 98%). The mean total score for the 10 dimensions was 50.17 out of 100 possible points. The participants showed high mean readiness scores on legislation, mandates and policies (9.08) followed by knowledge of CMP (7.55), institutional resources and links (6.12), willingness to address the problem (5.35), informal social resources (5.15) and current programme implementation and evaluation (5.10). Participants had low scores in readiness in association with human and technical resources (2.44), attitudes towards CMP (2.90), scientific data on CMP (3.06) and material resources (3.46). CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that Oman has a moderate level of readiness to implement large-scale evidence-based prevention programmes against child maltreatment; however, several dimensions still need to be strengthened. It is important to develop a national strategy that outlines a framework for organising and prioritising efforts towards CMP. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2020-02 2020-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7065698/ /pubmed/32190368 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.01.006 Text en © Copyright 2020, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) .
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Al Saadoon, Muna
Al Numani, Asia
Saleheen, Hassan
Almuneef, Maha
Al-Eissa, Majid
Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title_full Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title_fullStr Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title_full_unstemmed Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title_short Child Maltreatment Prevention Readiness Assessment in Oman
title_sort child maltreatment prevention readiness assessment in oman
topic Clinical & Basic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7065698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190368
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.01.006
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