Safeguarding children and public health: midwives' responsibilities
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01/05/2010
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Using a healthy settings framework, this study aims to compare and contrast how midwives working in either hospital or community settings are currently responding to the co-occurrence of domestic and child abuse; their perceived role and willingness to identify abuse; record keeping; reporting of suspected or definite cases of child abuse; and training received. Methods: A survey questionnaire was sent to 861 hospital and community midwives throughout Northern Ireland, which resulted in 488 midwives completing the questionnaire, a 57% response rate. Comparisons were made using descriptive statistics and cross-tabulation and the questionnaire was validated using exploratory factor analysis. Results: Community midwives reported receiving more training on domestic and child abuse. Although a high percentage of both hospital and community midwives acknowledged a link between domestic and child abuse, it was the community midwives who encountered more suspected and definite (p |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Lazenbatt , A 2010 , ' Safeguarding children and public health: midwives' responsibilities ' Perspectives in Public Health , vol 130 , no. 3 , pp. 118-126 . DOI: 10.1177/1757913909360467 |
Palavras-Chave | #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2739 #Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
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article |