New Zealand dental therapists' beliefs regarding child maltreatment

Tilvawala, Dhara

New Zealand dental therapists' beliefs regarding child maltreatment Dhara Tilvawala, Colleen Murray, Rami Farah and Jonathan M. Broadbent - Public Health Association of Australia, 2014 - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health .

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014, 38(4): 480-484

The authors investigated dental therapists’ perceptions of the problem of child maltreatment and their roles in child protection, their experience/recollections of past training, and how frequently they suspect (and report) abuse or neglect. A postal survey of dental therapists registered to practice in New Zealand was used to conduct this research.


ATTITUDES
CHILD NEGLECT
CHILD PROTECTION
DENTAL THERAPISTS
SURVEYS
CHILD ABUSE


NEW ZEALAND