Re: Provider reporting behavior

[John Eckenrode <jje1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris - you should definitely look up Gail Zellman's work from the early
90's; e.g. REPORT DECISION-MAKING PATTERNS AMONG MANDATED CHILD-ABUSE
REPORTERS
                                                        ZELLMAN GL
                                                 CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 
                                                      14: (3) 325-336 1990


At 11:45 AM 1/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I am the evaluator or a new program in Pennsylvania designed to increase
>primary care provider reporting of suspected child abuse cases.  The
>evaluation will consist of surveys tapping reporting rates and predictors of
>these rates.  While I have extensive experience evaluating child health
>programs, this is my first in child abuse.  
>
>I am testing many hypotheses concerning predictors of provider reporting
>(e.g. knowledge of identifying symtoms, fear of making parents angry,
>reimbursement issues, knowledge of reporting protocols, attitudes concerning
>provider roles in child abuse, time available for assessment, etc.)  I do
>not want to miss any real important predictors.  Could anyone point my in
>the right direction?
>
>Also please let me know, if anyone has a standard for assessing reporting
>rates in a survey.  My current item(s) ask for number of cases reported in
>past month, year, or ever --  for physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and
>factitious illness respectively.  
>
>Thank you, Chris Koepke
>
>______________________________________________
>Christopher P. Koepke, Ph.D.
>Office for Children's Health Policy Research
>Albert Einstein Medical Center
>111 Korman Bldg.
>5501 Old York Rd.
>Philadelphia, PA 19141
>
>phone: 215-456-7651
>fax: 215-456-6497
>email: koepkec@aehn2.einstein.edu
>
>
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John Eckenrode