Survey Questions

Hey all! Here are some ideas for questions we could put on the surveys for the project:

- What knowledge do you have now about child abuse?

- As a parent, what would be some the pros and cons of discussing child abuse with your child?

- If you found out your child was abused, what steps would you take?

- Who would you feel most comfortable talking about the topic of child abuse with? (clergy member, therapist, school counselor)

- How many signs of child abuse do you know?

Some of these could probably be more delicately stated, but there's the general idea.

Laurel


Here are a few more questions I have thought of:

- If you were to witness child abuse, what would be your possible hesitations in reporting it?

- T/F Child abuse reporting is a legal requirement of any witness.

- What agency would be best to call upon witnessing child abuse?

- Would you be willing to attend any training on child abuse awareness if given the chance?

- How frequently do you believe child abuse happens in your neighborhood?

- Have you ever witnessed or experienced child abuse before? If so, circle the following types: Sexual, Emotional, Physical.

Cameron

I am thinking it might be best to keep most of the answers as quantitative as possible.  I worry that if we have too many questions that are open ended it will make our data harder to use.  Some qualitative questions could be really helpful though.
I am liking the questions that we have come up with, I think as long as we are able to come up with a/b/c/d options and possibly an "other" where they can fill in additional information if they wish.  I have started the survey monkey survey, so now we just need to finish it up and figure out how we are going to disseminate it to the widest possible populations.  We also talked about naming it something a little more ambiguous to cast a wider net, which is something that I would support, as we included a few more general parenting type questions.
Ian


I agree with Ian. Qualitative responses would probably help most in our short time we have to compile and analyze the data. I like the ideas and questions posted. Ian, do you have more of the questions that we created together when we met before break?

Also, I will be attending the Joining Forces Conference next Monday, and I can get an idea about what is available information out there already.