Two sides of the globe: Systems and responses to underserved children in Oklahoma and Siberia

This presentation will be focused on child maltreatment, protection, and the development of services for underserved families in the U.S. and Russia. The presenter is a partner from a collaboration between the University of... [ view full abstract ]

This presentation will be focused on child maltreatment, protection, and the development of services for underserved families in the U.S. and Russia. The presenter is a partner from a collaboration between the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU) in Irkutsk, Siberia. The medical schools participate in a University Partnership Program that links OUHSC and ISMU to improve higher education to meet the needs of underserved children and families, particularly those exposed to child maltreatment.
Participants will learn about milestones in developing an international university partnership, review a comparative analysis of responses to child maltreatment in the Siberian region of Russia and in Oklahoma in the US. The KIDS COUNT data from Oklahoma and data from a survey of health professionals in Irkutsk will be presented to identify the current state of the systems, needs, and approaches to improve the response to child abuse and neglect prevention. The presentation will broaden the participants’ understanding of the role of culture in both the child abuse and neglect risk and protection. This University Partnership Project is supported by a linkage grant, University Partnership for Underserved Children, from the University Partnership Program, Eurasia Foundation to OUHSC in the US and ISMU in Russia.