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Early Years
An International Research Journal
Volume 44, 2024 - Issue 2
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Research Article

Preventing violence against children (0–3 years) in nurseries: effectiveness of participatory training

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Pages 299-313 | Received 09 Nov 2021, Accepted 30 Aug 2022, Published online: 19 Oct 2022
 

ABSTRACT

This study presents data on the effectiveness of participatory training, called ‘Improvement Groups’, voluntarily adopted in four nurseries in Northern Italy to prevent episodes of violence by staff toward children. The interventions provided for the representation of problematic cases, experienced by participants, relating to factors of work stress, poor collaborative practices, lack of protection of children, and poor quality of service provided. The participants (n = 47) were then involved in interactive training that allowed them to focus on: analysis of causes; risk assessment; and improvement actions. Effectiveness outcomes for knowledge, attitudes, safety climate, and health were assessed pre- and post-training. The data collected show that the Improvement Groups always increased the level of knowledge and safety climate. The results suggest that these interventions should be extended to other similar settings, in order to promote peer-education, appreciation, and effectiveness in generating consensus through the comparison of problematic cases that actually occur.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Supplementary material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2022.2120459

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Funding

This work was supported by the Regione Emilia-Romagna [Prevention Plan 2015-2019 of the Emilia-Romagna Region].

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