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Explore the importance and methods of data collection on childhood maltreatment, including incidence, prevalence, definitions, sources, and data collection processes. Understand the reasons, actions, comparisons, and implementation of data in improving child well-being.
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Françoise MULKAY Childhood, Youth and Youth Protection Observatory French Speaking Community of Belgium How to build a system of collecting data : criteria and processes
Some questions • Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? • How to define maltreatment ? • Which source(s) of data ? • How to collect data ?
Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? • To know • how many children are maltreated now Incidence of phenomenon; • how many persons have been maltreated during their childhood Prevalence of phenomenon.
Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? • To know • To act • to improve the help for the children • to help parents • to prevent maltreatment • to improve the laws
Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? • To know • To act • To compare • in time; • between countries.
How to define maltreatment ? • What is maltreatment ? • Problem of definitions. • How to find some concrete behaviors to explain the definitions but also how to translate them ? • Which maltreatment ? • Substantiated maltreatment or also suspected maltreatment and situations at risk.
How to define maltreatment ? • What is maltreatment ? • Which maltreatement ? • When do we count ? • when the situation is reported; • when the situation was analyzed and so when the situation is substantiated.
How to define maltreatment ? • What is maltreatment ? • Which maltreatement ? • When do we count ? • Intra-family, extra-family, institutional maltreatment
Which source(s) of data ? • Survey or analysis of administrative data ?
Which source(s) of data ? • Survey or analysis of administrative data ? • If we choose administrative data • Judicial sources, health sector sources, social sector sources ? • If social sources are the best choice, • how are they collected in each country. • Problems when reporting is not an obligation.
Which source(s) of data ? • If we choose administrative data • Judicial sources, health sector sources, social sector sources ? • If social sources are the best choice, • how are they collected in each country ? • Problems when reporting is not an obligation. • Statistics about the situations of reported maltreatment are different from statistics about maltreatement
How to collect data ? • Survey or analysis of administrative data ? • If analysis with administrative data • which service or services are collecting data ? • Centralized or decentralized ? • How to choose the best service ? • Do we collect specific data for ChildONEurope ? • Aggregated or disaggregated ? • What about the protection of private life and the professional secret ?
To conclude • 1st choice : survey or analysis of administrative data ? • If analysis of administrative data, before creating a new system, what is there in every country (or region) ?
To conclude • A tremendous job why do we want data ? • to improve the well being of children. • So, maltreatment as a variable among other variables.