Adapting a model of response to child abuse to the conditions in the circumpolar north

Søbjerg, Lene Mosegaard; Thams, Alice Fredsgaard

doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.32713

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“…There are examples in the literature of implementation problems. Søbjerg and Thams (2016) has described how the Barnahus model that was set up in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, in 2011 was replaced by a competence centre offering consultation to local professionals and by a "travelling team". The remodelled approach is described as better suited to life in the circumpolar North, given the vast geographical distances between local communities and Nuuk.…”

Section: Innovation: the European Journal Of Social Science Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy-making for the diffusion of social innovations: the case of the Barnahus model in the Nordic region and the broader European context

Johansson

Stefansen²

2019

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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The Barnahus model was launched in Iceland in 1998, and it subsequently spread to all the Nordic countries. It is an interagency, co-located model for working with cases of violence and abuse against children that addresses two vital concerns of welfare societies: to process cases through the legal system and to offer support and treatment to victims. The model is currently recommended as a best-practice model on the European leveland understood as representing a radical change in the organisational setup related to such cases. This paper analyses the diffusion and implementation of the model in two different contexts: the Nordic region and the wider European arena, where the model is currently promoted as an important innovation. Drawing on the concept of social innovation, we explore the structural and contextual conditions for the diffusion of the model and discuss its role in the ongoing transformation of welfare societies' response to children exposed to violence and abuse. We identify the policy-making means by which the model is promoted today and conclude that it can lead to manifold institutional changes, both radical and incremental, and both desired and undesired, depending on how the original idea is translated and adapted in different contexts.

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Section: Innovation: the European Journal Of Social Science Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy-making for the diffusion of social innovations: the case of the Barnahus model in the Nordic region and the broader European context

Johansson

Stefansen²

2019

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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“…Finally, programme evaluations included in this special issue strengthen the concept that each community can be unique despite similar health disparities identified through regional epidemiology. As a result, programmes must be adapted to fit the local context by measures such as creating local provider awareness (8), tailoring clinical services (9) and individualizing social services to address child and sexual abuse (10). …”

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What is missing? Addressing the complex issues surrounding sexual and reproductive health in the circumpolar north

Jessen

Leston

Simons

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International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Adapting a model of response to child abuse to the conditions in the circumpolar north

Cited by 2 publications

References 5 publications

Policy-making for the diffusion of social innovations: the case of the Barnahus model in the Nordic region and the broader European context

Policy-making for the diffusion of social innovations: the case of the Barnahus model in the Nordic region and the broader European context

What is missing? Addressing the complex issues surrounding sexual and reproductive health in the circumpolar north

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