Child Abuse Research Proposal: UK

Research Proposal:
Child Abuse in UK

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1: Research Proposal ..............................................................................................................1
1.1 Possible Research Specifications.....................................................................................1
1.2 Identification of factors that contribute the process of Research Project Selection ........6
1.3 Literature Review ............................................................................................................7
1.4 Plan Methodology ...........................................................................................................7
Structure of the dissertation....................................................................................................8
1.5 Gantt Chart.......................................................................................................................9
Task 2:............................................................................................................................................10
2.1 Questionnaire..................................................................................................................10
2.2 Research Investigation....................................................................................................10
2.3 Record and relevant data................................................................................................11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
3.1 Research evaluation techniques......................................................................................12
3.2 Analysis and interpretation.............................................................................................14
3.3 Recommendation and Justification ................................................................................16
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................17
Task 4: Presentation ......................................................................................................................17
4.0 Outcomes of Research Proposal ....................................................................................17
4.0 Appendix........................................................................................................................18
Bibliography................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
The multidisciplinary course of Health and Social Care being rooted to the grounds of
Social Sciences helps to provide health professionals the knowledge, understanding and the
competency of effectively planning and managing health services. Contrary to the alternative
disciplinarians, the area of Health and Social Care explores the management principles, the
application of the strategies in the complex environment of health services and in the exploration
of the academics across the field of health in relation to social care. The context provided aims to
develop a research proposal in the area of Health and Social Care. They embrace broad range of
topics of social contexts in relation to the aspects of health. The chosen research proposal chosen
is based on child abuse in UK. As of 2016, the recorded total of children in UK is over 11
million that is children under 18 years of age. The year 2016 recorded there were more than
50,000 children in UK needing protection from harassment and over 70,000 are provided
care(Department for Education, 2016). Of the total number of children in UK, more than half of
children have been taken into care due to child abuse and neglect in England. Even though the
UK government legislations such as the Children Act 2004 and the Children and Young Persons
Act 2008 are established, the need for further research of the various aspects of child abuse in
UK is imperative.
This research proposal therefore, holds the key objective of providing a proposal for
research in the areas pertaining to child abuse and neglect in UK. This is processed with the
divisions of the sections into three tasks. Task 1 focuses on the research proposal extending
information on the research proposal areas pertaining to the field of Health and Social Care. Task
2 provides a research project on the subject of child maltreatment in UK. Lastly, Task 3 provides
a presentation of the key outcomes of the research proposal with summary of different findings.
Task 1: Research Proposal
1.1 Possible Research Specifications
The multidisciplinary course of Health and Social Care aims at exploring and exhausting
the themes in health and social care with grounds rooted to social sciences. Health and Social
Care studies, examines and investigates the topics of social experiences and the understanding of
health and social care. Research in these are has significantly active and the key purpose of the
research is to gain deeper insight into health research (National Academy of Sciences, 2009).
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The possible research specifications in Health and Social Care concern with the areas of research
methods, maltreatment against children and problems of children, social services, inequality,
poverty and social justice, ageism, substance abuse, right to health, mental and physical
disparities, problems of youth, violence and interpersonal against women, and problems and
challenges concerning immigrants (Rodrigo, 2012). Apart from these, other areas of exploration
include living with long term conditions and disability, parenthood and families, death, dying
and bereavement, and reproduction, sexualities and health.
The topics of exploration and research specifications in maltreatment against children and
problems of children include impact of maltreatment in the development of child, the prevalence
of neglect and violence against children, the impact and prevalence of racial and ethnic
discrimination on the development of children, intervention strategies and problems of bullying
for children with disabilities. Research specifications in youth, parenthood and families also
include different childhoods, young carers, young masculinities or femininities, child protection,
gender, language brokers and health inequalities in children and young people.
Research specifications pertaining to reproduction, sexualities and health include
pregnancy loss, pre- conception care, contraception and pregnancy plans, sex, relationships and
disability, infant feeding, embodiment and postpartum psychosis.
Pertaining to disability and long term conditions the topics include impact study of
ADHD, neurodiversity, autism, psychological morbidity, depression or other life-
long conditions.
Death and dying include social context of death and dying impact on gender, gender
issues and palliative care, management and professions and neonatal death, miscarriage or
stillbirth.
Research specifications related to ageism include care work, co- housing, later life
themes of home- sharing, meaning of home, domestic space , older people and technology,
services and carer's quality of life, ageing population planning, age- friendly community
development.
Social services, social justice, poverty and inequality
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The research specifications include the risk factor study in terms of health, death case
studies, and assessment of financial stability in health care systems, racial and
ethnic discrimination on minority groups, pension systems.
Rationale for Selection
The rationale for the selection of the research specification of Health and Social Care
requires the advocating of eliminating gap in the literature of the existing study related to the
theme chosen. Next, it should aim at establishing answers of the proposed research questions and
provide contribution to the development in the field for other researchers.
Related to the area of Health and Social Care, the rationale needs to clearly establish the
purpose of the chosen theme study, the association of the relations within the existing theory and
literature and the proposed aims, the statement of the implications of the chosen research study
practice (Celine, Saunders & N.K, n.d).
Research Aim
The research aim is to understand, analyse and evaluate the prevalence, impact outcome and
consequence of the issues related to child abuse in UK on the abused children, those around the
children, the community and the overall society of UK.
Research Objectives
The research aims should include the following:
1) The measurement and assessment of the frequency of child abuse and neglect in the period of
life- long history and the past year in UK, through the random probability sampling of
participants including young adult, children, parents and guardians.
2) The investigation of the risks related factors and the protective factors related to the rates
of child abuse and neglect in UK.
3) The assessment of prevalence and impact of above in UK on the life of children.
4) The exploration of the comparison and measurement of the prevalence of child- abuse and
neglect in UK with large scale studies conducted globally.
5) The exploration of the requirement, needs and limitations of changes in the prevalence of
maltreatment of young adults analyzed over the period of the last decade, in UK.
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6) The formulation of new information and knowledge in the improvement of delivery of
services.
Research Objectives and Aims
Fundamental to the goodwill of the society, the possible research specifications of Health and
Social Care delves into the extensive fields of risk factors and diseases, patterns of care, health
care cost and use for an attempt of an extended triumph in gaining new information and insight.
The research objectives and aims include the following.
1) The analysis and evaluation of the prevalence of the theme and topic of the area chosen within
Health and Social Care.
2) The analysis and evaluation of the impact of the theme and topic of the area chosen within
Health and Social Care.
3) The analysis and evaluation of the consequences of the theme and topic of the area chosen
within Health and Social Care.
4) The assessment of the correlation between the theme of topic chosen and the associated
themes within the respective area of Health and Social Care.
5) The identification of the risk factors of the chosen theme in the topic of Health and Social
Care.
6) The research on prevention strategies and resolving of challenges witnessed in the theme and
topic of the area chosen within Health and Social Care.
Research Questions
The identification of the key research questions within the areas of Health and Social Care help
in providing solutions to the priority research questions (Asiimwe, 2008).
Research questions therefore, act as the fundamental core of any research project, review, stud or
literature. The key research question assessment provides an implication on the further areas of
the research or study impacting the methodology determination, the formulation of the stages of
analysis, inquiry and reports. The development of the research questions in the area of Health
and Social Care firstly follow the traditional questions of research. This includes exploring the
topics of why, how, when, where and what. The prioritizations of the research questions are
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