 A short-term evaluation of a hospital no hit zone policy to increase bystander intervention in cases of parent-to-child violenceElizabeth T. Gershoff, Sarah A. Font, Catherine A. Taylor, Ann Budzak Garza, Denyse Olson-Dorff and Rebecca H. Foster Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 94, issue C, 155-162 Abstract: This study used a pre/post design to evaluate the implementation of a hospital-wide No Hit Zone (NHZ) bystander intervention around parent-to-child hitting. A total of 2326 staff completed the pre-NHZ survey and received training about the NHZ policy; 623 staff completed the post-test survey 10 months later. A group of 225 parents participated in the pre-NHZ survey and a second group of 180 participated in the post-NHZ survey, also 10 months later. Compared to staff in the pre-NHZ group, staff in the post-NHZ group had more negative attitudes about spanking and more positive attitudes about intervention when parents hit children in the hospital. Few differences were found among the parent pre- and post-groups. This study demonstrated that NHZs are a feasible way to inform and train hospital staff in ways to intervene during incidents of parent-to-child hitting to promote a safe and healthy medical environment. Keywords: No hit zone; Spanking; Violence prevention; Bystander intervention; Medical center; Staff training (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:94:y:2018:i:c:p:155-162 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.09.040 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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