Webinar

Designing Studies to Assess the Impact of COVID on Child Abuse Rates

Focus of this Training:

Join former ISPCAN Councilor Desmond Runyan, lead developer of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools (ICAST), for a review of ICAST and Multiple Indicator Cluster Study (MICS) instruments to help participants interested in undertaking surveys to understand the impact of COVID-19, quarantine, and loss of jobs and income on child abuse. Dr. Runyan will discuss the advantages of each instrument and highlight geographic locations which can use and build on prior work with the ICAST and MICS.

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Webinar Date:

June 10, 2020

Region:

Global

Topics:

Data Collection

ICAST TOOL

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Learning Objectives:

ICAST is an instrument used worldwide to measure the extent of child maltreatment. Available in many languages, it includes surveys for parents, children, and young adults (retrospective) that are rights-based, reliable and valid, culturally sensitive, and easily translated.

Presented By:

Des Runyan

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