Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings

Kuruppu, Jacqueline; Humphreys, Cathy; McKibbin, Gemma; Hegarty, Kelsey

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107029

Children and Youth Services Review

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107029

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Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings

Jacqueline Kuruppu

Cathy Humphreys

Gemma McKibbin

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Interprofessional Education in Child Protection for Preservice Health and Allied Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

Lines,

Kakyo,

McLaren

et al. 2024

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Health and allied health professionals are uniquely positioned to collaborate in prevention, early intervention and responses to child maltreatment. Effective collaboration requires comprehensive interprofessional education (IPE), and inadequate collaboration across sectors and professions continually contributes to poor outcomes for children. Little is known about what interprofessional preparation health and allied health professionals receive before initial qualification (preservice) that equips them for interprofessional collaboration and provision of culturally safe care in child protection. This scoping review aimed to identify what is known internationally about IPE in child protection for preservice health and allied health professionals. Thirteen manuscripts reporting 12 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the synthesis. Key characteristics of the educational interventions are presented, including target disciplines, core content and their learning objectives and activities. Findings demonstrated primarily low-quality methodologies and educational interventions that had not been replicated beyond their initial context. Many educational interventions did not provide comprehensive content covering the spectrum of prevention, early intervention and responses for all types of child maltreatment, and/or did not clearly indicate how IPE was achieved. Key challenges to delivering comprehensive interprofessional child protection include lack of institutional support and competing priorities across disciplines who must meet requirements of separate regulatory bodies. Consequently, there is a need for further development and robust evaluation of educational interventions to explore how interprofessional collaborative skills for child protection can be developed and delivered in preservice health and allied health professional education.

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Interprofessional Education in Child Protection for Preservice Health and Allied Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

Lines,

Kakyo,

McLaren

et al. 2024

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Primary healthcare practitioners’ perspectives on trauma-informed primary care: a systematic review

Bulford,

Baloch,

Neil

et al. 2024

BMC Prim. Care

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Background Exposure to domestic and family violence is a pervasive form of complex trauma and a major global public health problem. At the frontline of the health system, primary healthcare practitioners are uniquely placed to support individuals with experiences of trauma, yet their views on trauma-informed primary care are not well understood. This systematic review of qualitative literature sought to explore primary healthcare practitioners’ perspectives on trauma-informed primary care. Methods Eight databases were searched up to July 2023. Studies were included if they consisted of empirical qualitative data, were conducted in general practice or equivalent generalist primary healthcare settings, and included the perspectives of primary healthcare practitioners where they could be distinguished from other participants in the analysis. Thematic synthesis was used for analysis. Results 13 papers met inclusion criteria, representing primary care settings from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Norway. Three key themes were developed: Changing the paradigm, Building trust, and Navigating the emotional load. Findings shed light on how primary healthcare practitioners perceive and strive to practise trauma-informed primary healthcare and the challenges of navigating complex, trauma-related work in the primary care environment. Conclusions This review supports the need for recognition of the value of primary care in supporting patients with histories of trauma and violence, the development of interventions to mitigate the emotional load worn by primary healthcare practitioners, and further work to develop a deep and consistent understanding of what trauma-informed primary care encompasses.

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Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings

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Interprofessional Education in Child Protection for Preservice Health and Allied Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

Interprofessional Education in Child Protection for Preservice Health and Allied Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

Primary healthcare practitioners’ perspectives on trauma-informed primary care: a systematic review

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