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Refine instrument for auditing hospital-based child abuse and neglect violence intervention programmes prior to field-testing.

A modified Delphi study to identify and rate items and domains indicative of an effective and quality child abuse and neglect intervention programme. Experts participated in four Delphi rounds: two surveys, a one-day workshop and the opportunity to comment on the penultimate instrument.

New Zealand.

Twenty-four experts in the field of care and protection of children.

Items with panel agreement ≥85% and mean importance rating ≥4.0 (scale from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important)).

There was high-level consensus on items across Rounds 1 and 2 (89% and 85%, respectively). In Round 3 an …