Role of the dental hospital-based paediatric liaison nurse in safeguarding children

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Recognition of risk and prevention in safeguarding of children and young people: a mapping review and component analysis of interventions aimed at health and social care professionals

“…The group of ten papers that spanned health and social care (Table 11) identified similar themes to the social care papers. Promising initiatives to promote awareness included some local authority partnership child sexual exploitation services (though other related services worked less well) 152 ; joint protocols between adult mental health and children's social services 153 ; and a paediatric dentistry liaison service 154 based in a hospital but working between community and social services. In contrast to these positive local examples, studies with more of a national focus often identified deficiencies in the availability of services and/or training 155,156 or variations in the delivery of a specific intervention 157 .…”

“…Spencer et al were the only authors to include a comparison group, although their study only included routine data on a small number of patients 154 . Four included studies (Table 12) focused on initiatives involving use of routine data to improve awareness of safeguarding at the system level in health and/or social care [163][164][165][166] .…”

“…The eight service development interventions suitable for component analysis (Table 14 above) comprised new roles 138,146,154,158…”

“…Some promising initiatives were identified, particularly those involving new roles or processes to promote effective working between health and social care 146,153,154 . At the same time, interagency working was frequently identified as a challenge to the successful implementation of initiatives 147,150 .…”

“…Of the included studies, 76 did not include children or young people at all (for example studies of health professionals or use of data) and the remainder mainly involved them as study participants. As an example of a group whose importance could easily be overlooked, the mapping review highlighted the important role of dentists and dental services in a range of different aspects of safeguarding 22,23,107,154 .…”