Preventive youth health care in 11 European countries: an exploratory analysis

Wieske, Rosemarie; Nijnuis, Marianne G.; Carmiggelt, Bettie; Wagenaar-Fischer, M.M.; Boere-Boonekamp, Magdalena M.

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“…CHC is preventive care which concentrates on the optimal growth and development of a child, to prevent the child from suffering from severe health problems [44]. CHC doctors and nurses have a crucial and equal role in the identification and management of CAN for two reasons.…”

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“…These physicians and nurses have a crucial and equal role in the identification and management of CAN. Both disciplines have frequent contact with families and their children, and have been extensively trained to develop skills in recognizing and managing health, psychosocial issues and parenting problems [44]. More details on the research context, including background information on the CAN guideline, are described elsewhere [130].…”

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“…These services concentrate on the optimal growth and development of a child, to prevent the child from developing severe health problems [44]. Except for short-term parenting support, CHC services do not provide treatment [33].…”

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“…They also support caregivers in their parenthood and provide vaccinations. Preventive child healthcare is free of charge [33,44]. Preventive child healthcare professionals have frequent contact with caregivers and their children, and have been extensively trained to recognise health problems, psychosocial issues and parenting problems in early stages, including adverse child environments [44].…”

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“…Preventive child healthcare is free of charge [33,44]. Preventive child healthcare professionals have frequent contact with caregivers and their children, and have been extensively trained to recognise health problems, psychosocial issues and parenting problems in early stages, including adverse child environments [44].The frequent medical and psychosocial examinations and contact with caregivers provide preventive child healthcare professionals with the optimal opportunity to observe signs of child abuse and neglect. Moreover, the preventive child healthcare professional can take into account the information collected on the child's health and psychosocial development, environmental circumstances and parenting skills since the child's birth.…”

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Fragile, please handle with care : understanding and supporting professionals' response to suspicions of child abuse and neglect

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Understanding and supporting professionals' response to suspicions of child abuse and neglect FRAGILE, PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING PROFESSIONALS' RESPONSE TO SUSPICIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECTReferences 181 Summary 193Samenvatting 201 Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) 209 Curriculum Vitae 217Publications and other contributions 221 CHAPTER 1General introduction Child maltreatment traumatises millions of children across the globe [4]. A meta-analysis that included articles published between 1980 and 2008 on the prevalence of child abuse and neglect reported the following overall estimated rates for self-report studies that mainly assessed lifetime prevalence rates: 12.7% for sexual abuse, 22.6% for physical abuse, 36.3% for emotional abuse, 16.3% for physical neglect and 18.4% for emotional neglect. For studies using informants that mainly assessed one-year prevalence rates, the estimated prevalence rates were 0,4% for sexual abuse, and 0,3% for both physical and emotional abuse [4]. Child abuse and neglect in the NetherlandsChild abuse and neglect remains a major societal problem in high-income countries, as a considerable number of children continue to be maltreated and exploited [5]. In the Netherlands, the following definition of child abuse and neglect is currently in use, officially documented in the Kindermishandeling, Veilig Thuis since 2015) on child abuse and neglect reports, and self-reports of students in secondary school. In 2016, the nation-wide prevalence study was limited to self-reports of secondary school students. In 2010, the overall estimated one-year prevalence was 3.4% based on the results of the informants study and the official registration of Veilig Thuis [7]. This prevalence rate is 0.4% higher than found in 2005 [8]. In 2003, the yearly report of the Dutch Advice and Reporting Centre [9] showed the organisation was consulted 47,000 times, and investigated 20,000 suspected cases (0.6% of all Dutch children in 2013 [10]). One-year prevalence rates based on self-report study alone remained stable between 2005 and 2010, 9.9% of students between eleven and seventeen years old reported to have experienced child abuse and neglect [7,8]. The self-report study among secondary school students (in one of the first four years of secondary schools) performed in 2016 (6.5%) showed a decline of the one-year prevalence rate compared to 2005 and 2010 [11].In 2010, the most prevalent types of child maltreatment were physical, emotional and educational neglect, i.e. not attending to children's academic needs. Furthermore, the study concluded that almost a quarter of victims underwent sexual and/or physical abuse in 2010. Compared to 2005, emotional neglect (including being a witness of domestic violence) and educational neglect were reported more often, while sexual abuse and physical neglect were reported less often [7]. Causes and consequencesIn the last two decades, research has increased public knowledge about risk factors and protective factors of child abuse and neglect. It b...

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