New Zealand dental therapists' beliefs regarding child maltreatment Dhara Tilvawala, Colleen Murray, Rami Farah and Jonathan M. Broadbent
By: Tilvawala, Dhara.
Contributor(s): Murray, Colleen | Farah, Rami | Broadbent, Jonathan M.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia, 2014Subject(s): ATTITUDES | CHILD NEGLECT | CHILD PROTECTION | DENTAL THERAPISTS | SURVEYS | NEW ZEALAND | CHILD ABUSEOnline resources: Read the abstract In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014, 38(5): 480-484Summary: The authors investigated dental therapists’ perceptions of the problem of child maltreatment and their roles in child protection, their experience/recollections of past training, and how frequently they suspect (and report) abuse or neglect. A postal survey of dental therapists registered to practice in New Zealand was used to conduct this research.Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014, 38(4): 480-484
The authors investigated dental therapists’ perceptions of the problem of child maltreatment and their roles in child protection, their experience/recollections of past training, and how frequently they suspect (and report) abuse or neglect. A postal survey of dental therapists registered to practice in New Zealand was used to conduct this research.