Table 1.

Health Professional Characteristics by Group

	SEEK* n = 52	Control n = 43
	n (column %)	n (column %)	P
Profession			.42
Pediatrician	35 (70)	31 (78)
Nurse practitioner	15 (30)	9 (22)
Years in practice			.001†
<5	23 (45)	3 (8)
5–10	6 (12)	9 (23)
11–20	13 (26)	15 (38)
>20	9 (18)	13 (33)
Age in years, mean (SD)	41.9 (10.6)	47.0 (8.0)	.014†
Sex, female	37 (71)	27 (68)	.71
Community			.004†
Urban, inner city	1 (2)	0 (0)
Urban, not inner city	15 (31)	3 (8)
Suburban	31 (63)	37 (93)
Rural	2 (4)	0 (0)
% of patients estimated to be receiving medical assistance			.023†
<25%	36 (74)	38 (95)
25%–50%	10 (20)	2 (5)
>50%	3 (6)	0 (0)
% of patients in practice estimated as minority			.19
<25%	35 (71)	22 (57)
25%–50%	14 (29)	16 (42)
>50%	0 (0)	0 (0)
Cases of child maltreatment in past year, median (interquartile range)	2 (5)	2 (4)	.93
Previous training, hours, median (interquartile range)
Intimate partner violence	0 (2)	0 (2)	.62
Parental substance abuse	0 (1)	0 (1)	.70
Parental depression	0 (2)	0 (2)	.57
Parental stress	0 (1)	0 (1)	.73
Experience in past year, cases, median (interquartile range)
Intimate partner violence	1 (5)	2 (3)	.61
Parental substance abuse	5 (8)	3 (9)	.55
Parental depression	10 (12)	10 (15)	.12
Parental stress	12 (20)	20 (75)	.07

Notes: numbers varied slightly because of missing data. Eight HPs did not complete baseline HPQs. Percentages may not equal 100 because of rounding.

^*SEEK = Safe Environment for Every Kid; HPQ = Health Professional Questionnaire.

^†Statistically significant.