Crocamo, Cristina;
Bachi, Bianca;
Cioni, Riccardo M;
Schecke, Henrike;
Nieminen, Irja;
Zabłocka-Żytka, Lidia;
Woźniak-Prus, Małgorzata;
... Carrà, Giuseppe; + view all
(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
, 19
(2)
, Article 885. 10.3390/ijerph19020885.
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Abstract
The responsiveness of professionals working with children and families is of key im-portance for child maltreatment early identification. However, this might be undermined when multifaceted circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, reduce interdisciplinary educational ac-tivities. Thanks to technological developments, digital platforms seem promising in dealing with new challenges for professionals’ training. We examined a digital approach to child maltreatment training through the ERICA project experience (Stopping Child Maltreatment through Pan-European Multi-professional 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 framework. Different aspects (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 (such as 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 such as a pandemic, and as an alternative to more traditional learning frameworks.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Professionals' Digital Training for Child Maltreatment Prevention in the COVID-19 Era: A Pan-European Model |
| Location: | Switzerland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19020885 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020885 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 by the authors. 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | digital health; e-learning; professionals; child maltreatment; multidisciplinary |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161253 |
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