School of Social and Political Science

Description

This seminar will report on an ongoing project to develop a questionnaire and safeguarding procedure recommendation for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to use in their piloting and launch of a nationally representative UK child abuse prevalence survey.

We will share our methods and approach in engaging both adult and child survivors of child abuse in the development process of the questionnaire and safeguarding procedure through participatory research sessions and qualitative interviews. We will also use this time to collect your feedback on the feasibility of our current drafted recommendations.

Come engage with us and learn more about designing questionnaires and ethical data collection procedures!

Please note that this seminar may be recorded.

THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT (ATTENDANCE IN-PERSON AND ONLINE VIA MS TEAMS OR ZOOM).

Find out more about our speakers

Franziska Meinck is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at University of the Witwatersrand, and Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, South Africa. Her research focuses on prevalence, risk and protective factors of child maltreatment in vulnerable populations in Southern Africa, health outcomes of violence exposure in childhood, childhood violence prevention and on the development and testing of global child abuse measures.

Deborah Fry is a Professor of International Child Protection Research at the University of Edinburgh and Director of Data for Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute. At the University, Deborah undertakes primary research to measure the magnitude, drivers and consequences of violence against children, barriers and enablers to appropriate prevention and response systems including in school settings and the effectiveness of existing interventions. Professor Fry leads the data division at Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute. The Data Institute, funded by the Human Dignity Foundation, aims to take a data driven, evidence-based approach to understanding the prevalence of child sexual exploitation and abuse across the globe and translating that data into sustainable action that safeguards children.

Anna McCarthy is a Research Assistant in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on childhood violence prevention, and on the development of age-appropriate methodologies and ethical protocols for conducting violence research with children.