Social history: A qualitative analysis of child abuse pediatricians’ consultation notes |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Orthopedics, Rady Children''s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA;2. Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children''s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, C.S. Mott Children''s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;4. Sports Medicine Center, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA;5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA;6. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Children''s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA;7. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, Memphis, TN, USA;8. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;9. Department of Orthopedics, St. Luke''s Clinic, Boise, ID, USA |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundChild abuse pediatricians (CAPs) are often consulted for injuries when child physical abuse is suspected or when the etiology of a serious injury is unclear. CAPs carefully evaluate the reported mechanism of the child’s injury and the medical findings in the context of the child’s family and social setting to identify possible risk and protective factors for child abuse and the need for social services. It is unknown what population risk indicators along with other social cues CAPs record in the social history of the consultation notes when assessing families who are being evaluated for child physical abuse.Participants and settingThirty-two CAPs representing 28 US child abuse programs.MethodsParticipants submitted 730 completed cases of inpatient medical consultation notes for three injury types: traumatic brain injury, long bone fracture, and skull fracture in hospitalized children 4 years of age and younger. We defined a priori 12 social cues using known population risk indicators (e.g., single mother) and identified de novo 13 negative (e.g., legal engagement) and ten positive social cues (e.g., competent parenting). Using content analysis, we systematically coded the social history for the social cues.ResultsWe coded 3,543 cues resulting in a median of 7 coded cues per case. One quarter of the cues were population indicators while half of the cues were negative and one quarter positive.ConclusionsCAPs choose a wide variety of information, not always related to known population risk indicators, to include in their social histories. |
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| Keywords: | Child abuse pediatricians Child physical abuse Qualitative analysis Risk and protective factors Consultation notes |
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