5. Discussion
The PHNs identified child maltreatment to a moderate
degree. They thought that they identified risk factors related to the child, parents, or the family the best and issues related
to the child’s or the parents’ behavior the worst. They identified
signs of physical and emotional abuse better. Similar
results have also been reported in a survey for hospital staff
[24]. Different forms of child maltreatment are identified
at different levels: signs of physical maltreatment are often
clearer than, for example, signs of emotionalmaltreatment or
neglect.
The respondents thought that they can intervene in maltreatment
better than they can identify it.They discussed both
everyday issues and problems related to child development
with the parents at a child health center, but they failed to
discuss relationship issues sufficiently.These results also agree
with earlier results [9, 25–27].