Clinical trial NCT06599983: Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment
Official title: Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Child Abuse
Child Neglect
Child Sexual Abuse
Child Maltreatment
Oral Health
Dental Neglect
Keywords: Educational program
Child abuse and neglect
Detection
Reporting
Knowledge
Prevention
Evaluation
Dental professionals
Child welfare services
Child protection
Lead sponsor: Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western Norway
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Educational storytelling forlag og film
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 430
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The aim of this study, is to evaluate if the novel educational program for dental personnel: Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect has any effect. A total of 39 public dental health clinics in Vestland county Norway, were randomized into two groups, test and control groups.

The dental clinics in the test group attended the program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. The control grup did not attend any program.

Both test and control group recieved a total of 3 questionnaires by e-mail in the following timeframe:

* Three weeks before the test group attended the educational program.
* One week after the test group attended the educational program
* Six months after the test group attended the educational program.

A few months after the last questionnaire was closed, the dental clinics allocated in the control group, attended the educational program
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is developed for dental personnel. The program aims at increasing dental personnels ability to detect, report and treat patients being victims of child abuse or neglect.

The objectives of the program is to contribute to the fulfillment of the Norwegian:

* Dental health services act

  §1-3 c The dental health service responsibility to prevent, detect and avert violence and sexual abuse
* Health Personnel act §33 Obligation to report suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.

The Educational Storytelling program aims to increase the dental health personnels knowledge and competence related to:

* Detecting child abuse and neglect.
* Reporting suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.
* Treatment of patients with known and unknown history of child abuse and neglect, trauma sensitive dental treatment.

The aim of this trial is to evaluate if the educational program has any effect.

Detailed description: Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is a blended mode learning tool. The program combines a digital platform including documentary film, expert interviews and research findings with on site teaching, group work, reflections and discussions delivered by moderators. The program has a collective focus, contributing to the development of a shared understanding and social norm at the workplace.

The digital program consists of 7 chapters which covers different topics.

1. Introduction.
2. Documentary film, All that I am.
3. The dental health personnels role in detection of child abuse, and neglect.
4. Trauma sensitive treatment.
5. Learn more about trauma.
6. Childrens advocacy center and ethical platform for professionals.
7. Wrapping up.

The chapters include interview with different experts, group work, reflection tasks, research findings and supplementary material.

Each program participant gets an unique access to the digital program for two years.

The programs estimated completion time, including lunch is 7,5 hours. The program gives 6 continuing education credits from the Norwegian dental association (Norsk tannlegeforening) .

The educational program has been developed based on research findings from the public dental health service in Norway, in regard to their experience with detection of child abuse and neglect, reporting to and collaborating with child welfare services.

In order to measure if the program has any effect, a cluster randomized controlled trial has been conducted.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Working in the public dental health service in Vestland county

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Exclusion Criteria:

Not working in the public dental health service in Vestland county

Primary outcomes:
measure: Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect
timeFrame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
measure: Questionnaire, assessing behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to suspect and report casese of child abuse and neglect to child welfare services
timeFrame: Two weeks pre, 6 months post program attendance
measure: Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment
timeFrame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
measure: Questionnaire, assessing dental health personnels attitude, social norm, perceived behaviour control and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect to child welfare services.
timeFrame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months post program attendance
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Stanghelle
country: Norway
facility: Ingfrid Vaksdal Brattabø
Study officials:
affiliation: Oral Health Centre of Expertice Western Norway
name: Ingfrid V Brattabø, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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