Research Article
Identifying and Intervening in Child Maltreatment and Implementing Related National Guidelines by Public Health Nurses in Finland and Japan
Table 5
Intervention, collaboration, and support from other professionals.
| | Variables | Finland () | Japan () | | | | Disagree | Agree | Disagree | Agree |
| | When suspecting child maltreatment PHNs | | | | | | | | Collaborate sufficiently well with other professionals | 9 (5%) | 184 (95%) | 103 (24%) | 331 (76%) | 33.11 | | | Think multi-professional collaboration works well in the municipality | 73 (38%) | 120 (62%) | 151 (35%) | 285 (65%) | 0.59 | | | Think multi-professional collaboration works well in their organization | 46 (24%) | 147 (76%) | 131 (30%) | 305 (70%) | 2.55 | | | Know who to contact | 17 (9%) | 176 (91%) | 22 (5%) | 415 (95%) | 3.28 | | | When suspecting child maltreatment PHNs get enough support from | | | | | | | | Superiors | 85 (44%) | 108 (56%) | 92 (21%) | 345 (79%) | 35.02 | | | Peers | 17 (9%) | 176 (91%) | 70 (16%) | 366 (84%) | 5.90 | | | Physicians | 43 (22%) | 150 (78%) | 307 (71%) | 128 (29%) | 126.39 | | | Child protection | 52 (27%) | 141 (73%) | 139 (32%) | 298 (68%) | 1.50 | | | In the office/clinic | | | | | | | | PHNs have joint instructions to deal with child maltreatment | 75 (39%) | 118 (61%) | 128 (29%) | 309 (71%) | 5.61 | | | PHNs have clear instructions how to make a child welfare notification | 45 (23%) | 148 (77%) | 179 (41%) | 257 (59%) | 18.36 | | | It is possible to work according to the guidelines | 58 (30%) | 135 (70%) | 181 (42%) | 250 (58%) | 8.05 | |
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Estimate significance: NS = not significant; ; ; .
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