Generalizing findings from a randomized controlled trial to a real-world study of the iLookOut, an online education program to improve early childhood care and education providers’ knowledge and attitudes about reporting child maltreatment

• Chengwu Yang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chengwu.yang@nyu.edu (CY); bhlevi@psu.edu (BL)

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York City, New York, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-2340

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• Carlo Panlilio,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling and Special Education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-2093

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• Nicole Verdiglione,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Erik B. Lehman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Population Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Robert M. Hamm,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Richard Fiene,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Psychology & Human Development Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Research Institute for Key Indicators, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Sarah Dore,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• David E. Bard,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Breanna Grable,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Psychology & Human Development Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Benjamin Levi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chengwu.yang@nyu.edu (CY); bhlevi@psu.edu (BL)

  Affiliation Departments of Humanities & Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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