Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect is a complex yet essential responsibility tasked to many professional groups working with children, including the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce. This paper provides a narrative review synthesising the empirical literature on factors influencing ECEC educators’ reporting of child abuse and neglect, including knowledge and training, attitudes, thresholds for reporting, work experience and context, inter-organisational co-operation and self-efficacy. These factors can act as barriers and facilitators to effective reporting practice and are likely to interact in dynamic yet modifiable ways. Findings from the review may be useful for informing future education and training initiatives for the ECEC workforce. Further research is warranted in this area.

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影响幼儿教育和护理教育者报告虐待和忽视儿童的因素

强制报告虐待和忽视儿童是一项复杂而必不可少的责任，对许多与儿童打交道的专业团体（包括幼儿教育和护理（ECEC）工作人员）负有责任。本文提供了叙述性综述，综述了有关影响ECEC教育者报告虐待和忽视儿童的因素的经验文献，包括知识和培训，态度，报告门槛，工作经验和背景，组织间的合作和自我效能感。这些因素可能成为有效报告实践的障碍和促进者，并可能以动态但可修改的方式进行交互。审查的结果可能有助于告知ECEC员工未来的教育和培训计划。在这方面有待进一步研究。