RE: prospective studies of child maltreatment

["Heisler, Kurt W." <HeisleKW@xxxxxxxx>]

You'll definitely want to explore LONGSCAN (Longitudinal Studies of
Child Abuse and Neglect), a consortium of research studies where
investigators at 5 sites are following children and families at child
ages 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, and 18.  They're using several methods to
operationalize maltreatment. The main website is
http://www.iprc.unc.edu/longscan/. A list of publications which used
LONGSCAN data is here:
http://www.iprc.unc.edu/longscan/pages/publist/index.htm. 

Kurt

Kurt Heisler, M.S., M.P.H.
Ph.D. Candidate, Health Services Research (Informatics)
Certified Microsoft Access Specialist, Access 2003
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
757-668-6499 
heislekw@evms.edu
 

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From: bounce-3050728-6833938@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-3050728-6833938@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kristen
Shook Slack
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 1:17 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: prospective studies of child maltreatment

Hello.

I am interested in receiving information about studies of child
maltreatment that involve predicting a maltreatment event or episode
with measures that precede the maltreatment outcome(s).  Maltreatment
may be operationalized with administrative reports of maltreatment,
maltreatment scales, or other measures intended as proxies for
maltreatment  My colleagues and I are undertaking an extensive search of
the literature, but we may miss some relevant research, particularly if
the study is not described as longitudinal or prospective in the title
or abstract.  We are also interested in unpublished studies, and in
reports or dissertations that have not yet been published in
peer-reviewed journals.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward citations, websites,
or contact information that could help us with this review.  So as not
to clog up the listserv, please reply to me off-line (ksslack@wisc.edu).

Thank you for your help!

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