Gabriel Otterman

Adjunct Associate Professor

Publications

2026

Godfried van Agthoven, Gabriel Otterman, Rajna Knez, Kathi Makoroff, Laura Korhonen (2026)

Structural and interagency influences on mandated health assessments for children in out-of-home care in Sweden: a qualitative study of child protection services workers BMJ Paediatrics Open, Vol. 10, p. e005108-e005108 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2026-005108

Eva Anna Mora-Theuer, Sophie Klomfar, Christoph Krall, Chryssa Grylli, Klara Doppler, Maria Kletecka-Pulker, Sabine Volkl-Kernstock, Gabriel Otterman, Paul Plener, Judit Simon, Susanne Greber-Platzer (2026)

Follow-up of suspected child maltreatment cases treated at a tertiary child protection service facility European Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 185, Article 147 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-026-06803-y

2025

Godfried van Agthoven, Rajna Knez, Gabriel Otterman, Kathi Makoroff, Laura Korhonen (2025)

Health Examinations of Children in Out-of-Home Care, a Child Protection Services' Perspective (Conference paper)

Teresa Walter, Laura Korhonen, Gabriel Otterman, Godfried van Agthoven, Andreas Jud (2025)

Challenges to reliable ICD-10 coding of child maltreatment: A qualitative interview study of healthcare professionals in German and Swedish hospitals International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 164, Article 107446 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107446

Laura Elizabeth Cowley, Diogo Lamela, Katarzyna Drabarek, Leonor Bettencourt Rodrigues, Athanasios Ntinapogias, Aideen Naughton, Geoff Debelle, Ravit Alfandari, Andreas Jud, Gabriel Otterman, Taina Laajasalo, Cindy W. Christian, Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova, Luciana Caenazzo, Virginia Soldino, Rachael Vaughan, Alison Kemp, Ulugbek Nurmatov, Lisa Hurt (2025)

Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance: an international, multi-sectoral, Delphi consensus study in 34 countries in Europe and surrounding regions The Lancet Regional Health: Europe, Vol. 50, Article 101196 (Article, review/survey)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101196

News

Lack of guidelines on care for children subjected to sexual abuse

Only half of 34 surveyed European countries have national guidelines on how to provide health care and treatment to children who have been subjected to sexual abuse. This is shown in a study led by researchers at Barnafrid at Linköping University.