Reporting participants in research studies to Child Protective Services: limited risk to attrition.

Full Abstract

This study examines the impact of Child Protective Services (CPS) reports made by research study staff on participant retention and discusses human subjects protocols that may minimize either the need to make such reports or the negative impact of reporting on participants and on participant retention. Among 1, 354 primary caregiver-child pairs in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) studies, a total of 15 were reported to CPS by study staff. Within this group, rates of study-generated reports and study participation subsequent to having been reported by researchers were examined. There was an overall retention rate of 93% across a minimum of three interview waves in this sample. Reporting research participants to CPS may have little impact on attrition.

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Author information

Author/s: Knight, Elizabeth Dawes (ED); Smith, Jamie B (JB); Dubowitz, Howard (H); Litrownik, Alan J (AJ); Kotch, Jonathan B (JB); English, Diana (D); Everson, Mark D (MD); Runyan, Desmond K (DK);

Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Injury Prevention Research Center, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Child maltreatment (Child Maltreat), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 11 (issue 3) : pp 257-62

Dates: Created 2006/07/03; Completed 2006/12/15;

PMID: 16816323, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Child
Child Abuse - ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data
Child Abuse, Sexual - ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data
Child Welfare - ethics; legislation & jurisprudence
Child, Preschool
Data Collection - statistics & numerical data
Ethics, Research
Female
Humans

Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mandatory Reporting - ethics
Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data
Research Personnel - ethics
Research Subjects - legislation & jurisprudence; psychology
Risk
Socioeconomic Factors
United States

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