Primary outcomes from included studies | Measure named in included studies | Studies |
1. Number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect | ||
1a. measured subjectively by participant self‐reports of actual cases reported | Reported Involvement in Child Abuse ‐ single item 'reporting a case of suspected abuse' from a multi‐item measure | Hazzard 1984 |
Teacher Prevention Behavior Measure ‐ a single item 'reporting a case of suspected abuse' from a multi‐item measure |
Kleemeier 1988 Randolph 1994* |
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1b. measured subjectively by participant responses to vignettes |
Recognition and Intention to Report Suspected Child Maltreatment | Alvarez 2010 |
Teacher Vignettes Measure |
Jacobsen 1993 Kleemeier 1988* Randolph 1994* |
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Survey (Part Three) | Palusci 1995 | |
1c. measured objectively in official records of reports made to child protection authorities | Nil | Nil |
2. Changes in the quality of reported cases of child abuse and neglect, measured via coding of the actual contents of reports made to child protection authorities (i.e. in government records or archives) | Nil | Nil |
3. Adverse events | ||
3a. increase in failure to report cases of child abuse and neglect that warrant a report, measured subjectively by participant self‐reports (i.e. in questionnaires) | Nil | Nil |
3b. increase in reporting of cases that do not warrant a report, measured subjectively by participant self‐reports (i.e. in questionnaires) | Nil | Nil |