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A Survey of Swedish Teachers' Concerns for Preschool Children at Risk of Maltreatment
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3323-0032
Univ Orebro, Sch Law Psychol & Social Work, SE-70182 Orebro, Sweden..
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2542-6791
2015 (English)In: Early Childhood Education Journal, ISSN 1082-3301, E-ISSN 1573-1707, Vol. 43, no 6, p. 495-503Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The aim of this study was to investigate a problem that is related to pre-school teachers' prolonged and temporary concerns for children's home situations and the extent to which these children were in need of special support in pre-school and/or were reported to the CPA. Data were obtained from a Swedish prospective study (the SOFIA-study) including 2,017 pre-school children. In this specific study, data from pre-school teacher and parent questionnaires were analyzed (baseline 2010, follow up 2011). Four groups were compared: no concern (85 %), newly arisen concern (6 %), previous concern (5 %), and prolonged concern (4 %). When pre-school teachers expressed prolonged concerns for the children's home situations they not only expressed lasting multiple concerns for children's health and development but also reported long-term problems in the contact between staff and parents. There was an obvious association between concern for the home situation and assessed need of special support in pre-school (37 % in the prolonged concern group). Reports to the child protection agency were made in a minority of the cases. In conclusion, pre-school teachers' concern for children at risk of maltreatment can be understood from a broad perspective on children's health and development. This study highlights the importance of early assessment of the child's home situation, to ensure that proper support is given.

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2015. Vol. 43, no 6, p. 495-503
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Children at risk of maltreatment, Child abuse, Prevention, Pre-school, Chronic health condition, Disabilities, Detection, Support
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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Public Health Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-40687DOI: 10.1007/s10643-014-0684-zISI: 000364001800006OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-40687DiVA, id: diva2:906624
Available from: 2016-02-24 Created: 2016-02-24 Last updated: 2023-04-21Bibliographically approved

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