ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Children's Version (ICAST-C): Instrument development and multi-national pilot testing

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 833-841

  Zolotor, Adam J ^a   Runyan, Desmond K ^a   Dunne, Michael P ^b   Jain, Dipty ^c   Péturs, Helga R ^d   Ramirez, Clemencia ^e   Volkova, Elena ^f   Deb, Sibnath ^g   Lidchi, Victoria ^h   Muhammad, Tufail ⁱ   Isaeva, Oksana ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Government Agency of Child Protection   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA   (Colombia)

^f MININ NIZHNY NOVGOROD STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^h Noos Institute   (Brazil)

ⁱ Pakistan Pediatric Association   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abuse; Child maltreatment; Methodology; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71549143202     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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