Framed within the European project ECLIPS (Enhancing the Capacity to combat chiLd abuse through an Integral training and Protocol for childcare professionalS), this study aims at understanding the needs related to the screening and referral of child maltreatment by childcare professionals working with children aged 0–3 in daycare settings of four European countries (Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Latvia). While children in this age group display the highest risk of abuse compared to older children, research and practice are less focused on them. Given their daily exposure, childcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and refer child maltreatment of infants and toddlers. However, data from desk research and focus groups held in the four countries revealed significant gaps in both processes. Screening for abuse is not mandatory for childcare professionals, and many barriers limit its effectiveness, such as the lack of training and the absence of standardised practices. Referral is mainly undermined by psychological barriers, namely fear and lack of self-efficacy. This is a fundamental first step to developing strategies to face underreporting and filling knowledge gaps while supporting the fundamental competencies necessary to safeguard the young child's best interest, which is the final goal of the ECLIPS project.

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欧洲儿童保育专业人员对 0-3 岁儿童虐待筛查和转介的比较：徒劳无益或可能并非徒劳

本研究以欧洲项目 ECLIPS（通过儿童保育专业人员的综合培训和方案增强打击儿童虐待的能力）为框架，旨在了解与 0 岁至儿童一起工作的儿童保育专业人员筛查和转介儿童虐待相关的需求。在四个欧洲国家（比利时、匈牙利、意大利和拉脱维亚）的日托机构中排名第 3。虽然与年龄较大的儿童相比，这个年龄段的儿童遭受虐待的风险最高，但研究和实践较少关注他们。鉴于他们每天都会接触到儿童保育专业人员，他们在识别和转介婴幼儿虐待行为方面处于独特的地位。然而，来自四个国家的案头研究和焦点小组的数据显示，这两个过程存在显着差距。对于儿童保育专业人员来说，虐待筛查并不是强制性的，许多障碍限制了其有效性，例如缺乏培训和缺乏标准化做法。推荐主要受到心理障碍的影响，即恐惧和缺乏自我效能感。这是制定应对少报和填补知识空白的战略的基本第一步，同时支持维护幼儿最佳利益所需的基本能力，这是 ECLIPS 项目的最终目标。