How can growth and development indicate maltreatment - correct answer ✔✔
What is culture and ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔
Role of culture on child discipline - correct answer ✔✔
Culture impacts response to maltreatment - correct answer ✔✔
what is cultural competency and why is it important - correct answer ✔✔
Disparity v. Disproportionality - correct answer ✔✔Disparity: the unequal outcomes of one racial or
ethnic group as compared to outcomes for another racial/ethnic group
Disproportionality: the underrepresentation or overrepresentation of a racial or ethnic group compared
to its percentage in the total population
how does disparity/disproportionality impact decisions regarding child maltreatment - correct answer
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, what is the difference between prevalence and incidence and why is it important to know in
maltreatment? - correct answer ✔✔incidence: number of new cases in population within a specified
period of time
Prevalence: total number of case in a population at a particular point in time
we cannot know the prevalence of something if the incidence are not being tracked
how is child maltreatment data gathered and interpreted - correct answer ✔✔- National Incidence
Studies (NIS), which collected information about suspected child maltreatment from professionals who
have regular contact with children
- National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS; a federal database comprising extracts of
state child welfare records)
- the National Surveys of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW; a federally sponsored longitudinal
survey of CPS investigations)
- Both only contain information about families investigated by CPS,
How can different definitions have impact on the statistics - correct answer ✔✔definitions tend to be
less restrictive with regard to perpetrators and may consider a range of exposures that pose a threat to
children's safety or welfare, irrespective of whether they meet legal definitions
definitions remain vague and subject to differential interpretation. In addition, low-income families
compose a large majority of CPS reports and families receiving child welfare system interventions
(difference between poverty and neglect can be hard to decide)
Risk factors and protective factors - correct answer ✔✔
what risk factors may lead to a child experiencing maltreatment - correct answer ✔✔
How can knowledge of risk and protective factors lead to enhanced assessment and risk assessment for
CPS - correct answer ✔✔
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