Publications by authors named "Carmen Basu"
Aim: The New Zealand National Child Protection Alert System is administered by multidisciplinary teams in every district health board. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence multidisciplinary child protection teams' (MDTs') decisions about whether to place a child protection alert.
Method: Members of the Child Protection Alert System teams were invited to participate in semi-structured interviews.
Aim: To describe the multi-disciplinary child protection teams which administer the National Child Protection Alert System in District Health Boards in New Zealand and the understanding and perceptions of that system held by team members.
Methods: This is a mixed-method observational study. In December 2016 and January 2017, all child protection alert system multi-disciplinary team members were invited to participate in an online survey.