Protecting children from abuse: a neglected but crucial priority for the international child health agenda

Southall, D P; MacDonald, Rhona

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“…A good approach to setting up such centres has been summarised by Molyneux and colleagues in Malawi as the A-F of building a multi-agency, child protection team (Box 3) [38] . Southall and MacDonald in their landmark paper on protecting children from abuse in resource poor settings made the recommendations described in Table 3 [39] . In their paper they recommended a global action plan for child protection to take forward their recommendations.…”

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A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

Badoe

2017

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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IntroductionChild abuse in Africa is a major threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goals on the continent and has become increasingly topical with a dramatic increase in recognition and an appreciation of the long term harmful effects on the affected population. The aim of this review was to outline current management of child abuse (especially sexual abuse) and highlight current preventive practice that could be beneficial in a resource-limited environment.MethodsA search of Medline and reference lists of the literature on child abuse in African countries and relevant world literature was conducted in December 2016. The review was written narratively, rather than systematically as a general overview was desired, instead of a focused view of individual aspects of child abuse.RecommendationsOpportunities for early identification of child abuse, as well as research into preventative strategies should be prioritised. Establishing strong institutions and guidance to tackle abuse when it occurs is both beneficial to the survivors and the continent at large.

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confidence: 99%

A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

Badoe

2017

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…Predicting and taking formal measures for children protection is very important and should be part of vision and social policy of each country. Protection act of 1983 foresees formal measures for children protection defining children protection measure as "legal provisions and state-sanctioned interventions, designed to take action in situations where children are at immediate risk of being subject of violence, neglect" Whatever the level of resources available in any country, it is essential that governments priorities adequate funding of child and adolescent protection and support (Southall, D.;MacDonald, R.;2013). From 2017 the field of child protection and rights has undergone into a radical change charging with duties and responsibilities children protection measures in local and national level.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Every approach to prevention, diagnosis and treatment requires accepting that every child in the world is equally important, wherever and whatever the circumstances of their conception, birth and life. (Southall, D.;MacDonald, R.;2013) Children protection national systems should know and respect 10 main principles that are: 1. every child is recognized, respected and protected as a rights holder, with non-negotiable rights to protection; 2. no child is discriminated; 3. child protection systems include prevention measures; 4. families are supported in their role as primary caregivers; 5. society is aware and supportive of the child's right to freedom from all forms of violence; 6. child protection systems ensure adequate care, including:…”

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confidence: 99%

Child Protection Measures as a Legal Instrument for Child Protection at Tirana Municipality

Subashi¹,

Bregu²

2021

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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For Albanian institutions and society, application of the protection measures comes not only as an innovation in the field of child rights and protection but especially as a legal instrument that for the first time attains to put the highest interest of the child and to guarantee his/her protection in time and according to the simplified legal procedure. This paper presents types of protection measures, child characteristics for which these measures have been in place, analysis of the process starting with the identification and evaluation of the risk till in confirming of the protection measure from the Court as well as all the progress of implementation of the Individual Protection Plan. The paper offers an analysis of the demographic and analytic factors on the motives and cases where protection measures are applied. 74 measures analyzed are 74 children's’ life's where the protection system has intervened to stave off from the risk and offer the services in a safe place. In 36 of them is being realized specialized supervision in family environment where through the Individual Protection Plan, despite family services, specialized support from child protection unit is being more intensive in family. In absence of foster families, the protection measure for child placement in alternative care is applied in residential care institutions or at their relatives. For emergent protection cases, all 23 children are placed in residential care institutions for children; 8 cases taken under immediate protection and other 13 cases taken under protection and placed in alternative care actually are not leaving in street condition but placed in a safe place meanwhile that child protection structure continue with empowering plans for families aiming at returning of child close to biological families. Received: 31 May 2021 / Accepted: 4 September 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

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“…Bunların yanında Munchausen by Proxy (Pole) Sendromu da çocuğun fiziksel istismarının ciddi bir türü olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Son yıllarda hamilelik sırasında annenin aşırı alkol/ uyuşturucu madde kullanması ve infantisit olarak ifade edilen yenidoğan cinayetlerinin de istismarlar içinde değerlendirildiği görülmektedir (34).…”

Section: Fiziksel İstismar şEkilleriunclassified

Çocuk İsti̇smari Ve Pedi̇atri̇ Hemşi̇resi̇ni̇n Rolü

Söngüt¹,

Akça²

2019

Zeynep Kamil Tıp Bülteni

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Dünya Sağlık Örgütü (DSÖ) çocuk istismarını; "Çocuğun sağlık, büyüme ve gelişmesini olumsuz olarak etkilenmesine sebep olan her türlü fiziksel ve/ veya duygusal, cinsel, ihmal/ ihmale neden olacak ticari reklam amaçlı/ diğer bütün etkileme şekilleri de içinde olmak üzere her türlü tutum ve davranışlara maruz kalması" olarak tanımlamıştır. Türkiye'de 7-18 yaş grubu çocukların %25'inin ihmale uğradıkları, %43'ünün fiziksel, %51'inin duygusal ve %3'ünün cinsel istismar yaşadıkları vurgulanmıştır. Bununla birlikte, 6-14 yaş arası çocukların %4,2'sinin, 15-17 yaş arası çocukların da %28'inin ekonomik istismara uğradığı bildirilmiştir. İstismarı artıran önemli faktörler arasında maddi durumun yetersizliği görülmektedir. Çocuk istismarı, etiyolojisi, tanı ve tedavisini içeren tüm boyutları ile karmaşık bir olay olarak değerlendirilmekte, çocukların istismardan korunması, erken tanı ve tedavi süreçlerinde multidisipliner ekibin görev alması gerekmektedir. Ekip içerisinde görev alan pediatri hemşireleri, istismar belirleyicilerini bilmesi, kötü muameleye maruz kaldığından şüphelenilen çocukları erken dönemde tespit etmesi, onları doğru merkezlere yönlendirmesi ve tedavi/rehabilitasyonlarını sağlamasıyla ekipte önemli bir rol taşımaktadır.

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Protecting children from abuse: a neglected but crucial priority for the international child health agenda

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

Child Protection Measures as a Legal Instrument for Child Protection at Tirana Municipality

Çocuk İsti̇smari Ve Pedi̇atri̇ Hemşi̇resi̇ni̇n Rolü

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