Table.

Ratings of Child Maltreatment Topics by Priority for a Prospective, Multi-Center Research Network

Topic Area	Median	Mean	Standard Deviation	Range	Agreementa
Missed diagnosis	8	8.38	0.52	8–9	Yes
Selected/indicated prevention	8	8.00	1.07	6–9	Yes
Occult injuries in suspected physical abuse	8	7.88	0.99	6–9	Yes
Bias and variability	7.5	7.63	1.30	6–9	Yes
Social and legal interventions	7.5	7.25	0.89	6–8	Yes
Injury timing and mechanism in suspected physical abuse	7.5	7.13	1.46	5–9	Yes
Evaluation and management of suspected abusive head trauma	7	7.00	1.20	5–9	Yes
Long-term outcomes	7	7.00	1.63	5–9	Yes
Psychosocial risk factors	6.5	6.63	2.07	5–9	No
Mental health interventions for physical abuse	6.5	6.38	1.85	5–9	No
Mental health interventions for sexual abuse	6	6.63	1.30	5–9	No
Forensic evaluation of suspected child sexual abuse	6	6.50	1.31	5–9	Yes
Medical evaluation and management of suspected sexual abuse	6	6.43	1.27	5–8	No
Education of medical professionals	5	4.88	1.55	3–7	No
Medical mimics and differential diagnoses	5	4.75	0.71	4–6	Yes
Evaluation and management of suspected child trafficking victims	4.5	4.38	2.26	2–9	No
Systems of care for child abuse pediatricians	4.5	4.38	1.60	2–6	No
Evaluation and management of suspected child neglect	3.5	4.13	1.73	2–7	No
Epidemiology	3.5	3.88	1.55	2–7	No
Universal prevention	2.5	2.88	1.81	1–6	Yes

Raters were asked to rate topics by priority taking account of 1) the impact of each topic and 2) the feasibility of research within a multi-center network.

^aAs defined by RAND Appropriateness Methodology.(Fitch et al., 2001) No topic areas met the definition of “Disagreement.”