Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care (Best Practice in Working with Children)

Safeguarding children from harm has, until recently, been driven primarily by social work practitioners. With current shifts in child care and protection practice and policy, combined with an overwhelming message of 'working together', primary health care professionals have an increasingly central part to play. There is a strong argument that cases of suspected child abuse and neglect should warrant the same level of urgent response as any potentially fatal childhood illness. This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and respondi. Read more... Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care; Contents; FOREWORD; 1 Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care: An Introduction; Part 1 Roles and Remits of Primary Health Care Professionals; 2 Preparing for the Special Challenge of Sexual Abuse; 3 Child Protection: A Dutch GP's Perspective; 4 The Role of the Paediatrician in Safeguarding Children; 5 The Role of Primary Care Dentist in Safeguarding Children; 6 Violence in the Community; Part 2 Practical Interventions Suitable for Primary Health Care; 7 Safeguarding and Promoting the Wellbeing of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Safeguarding children from harm has, until recently, been driven primarily by social work practitioners. With current shifts in child care and protection practice and policy, combined with an overwhelming message of 'working together', primary health care professionals have an increasingly central part to play. There is a strong argument that cases of suspected child abuse and neglect should warrant the same level of urgent response as any potentially fatal childhood illness. This book provides an overview of the challenges primary health care professionals now face in recognising and responding to concerns about a child's safety from abuse and neglect. It provides practical accounts and perspectives from a range of frontline practitioners working with children, parents and carers, backed up by theoretical insights from leading academics in the field. Issues explored include: media coverage of child abuse and neglect cases, inter-professional collaboration, competing professional priorities and resources, practical workload decisions and personal experiences and anxieties. Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care is a useful training and development resource for all primary health care practitioners, such as paediatricians, community nurses and midwives, community psychiatric nurses, health visitors, dentists, general practitioners and allied health professionals.