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Professionals’ digital training for child maltreatment prevention in the COVID-19 era : a pan-European model

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Date
13/01/2022
Author
Crocamo, Cristina
Bachi, Bianca
Cioni, Riccardo M.
Schecke, Henrike
Nieminen, Irja
Zabłocka-żytka, Lidia
Woźniak-Prus, Małgorzata
Bartoli, Francesco
Riboldi, Ilaria
Appleton, Jane V.
Bekaert, Sarah
Zlatkute, Giedre
Jouet, Emmanuelle
Viganò, Giovanni
Specka, Michael
Scherbaum, Norbert
Paavilainen, Eija
Baldacchino, Alexander
Carrà, Giuseppe
Funder
European Commission
Grant ID
SEP-210556645
Keywords
Digital health
E-learning
Multidisciplinary
Professionals
Child maltreatment
COVID-19
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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The responsiveness of professionals working with children and families is of key importance for child maltreatment early identification. However, this might be undermined when multifaceted circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, reduce interdisciplinary educational activities. Thanks to technological developments, digital platforms seem promising in dealing with 30 new challenges for professionals’ trainings. We examined a digital approach to child maltreatment training through the ERICA project experience (Stopping Child Maltreatment through Pan-European Multiprofessional Training Programme). ERICA has been piloted during the pandemic in seven European centers involving interconnected sectors of professionals working with children and families. The training consisted of interactive modules embedded in a digital learning frame-work. Different aspects (i.e., technology, interaction, and organization) were evaluated and trainers’ feedback on digital features was sought. Technical issues were the main barrier. However, these did not significantly disrupt the training. The trainers perceived reduced interaction between participants although distinct factors were uncovered as potential favorable mediators. Based on participants’ subjective experiences and perspectives, digital learning frameworks for professionals working with children and families, like the ERICA model nested in its indispensable adaptation to an e-learning mode, can represent a novel interactive approach to empower trainers and trainees to tackle child maltreatment during critical times like a pandemic and as an alternative to more traditional learning frameworks.
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Crocamo , C , Bachi , B , Cioni , R M , Schecke , H , Nieminen , I , Zabłocka-żytka , L , Woźniak-Prus , M , Bartoli , F , Riboldi , I , Appleton , J V , Bekaert , S , Zlatkute , G , Jouet , E , Viganò , G , Specka , M , Scherbaum , N , Paavilainen , E , Baldacchino , A & Carrà , G 2022 , ' Professionals’ digital training for child maltreatment prevention in the COVID-19 era : a pan-European model ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 19 , no. 2 , 885 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020885
Publication
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020885
ISSN
1660-4601
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses /by/4.0/).
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Funding: This study is part of the ERICA project funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014–2020). GA 856760.
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