Physical abuse
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Child Protection Evidence - Bruising
Child Protection Evidence is a resource for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion in the legal system. This review evaluates the scientific literature on abusive and non-abusive bruising.
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Physical signs of child sexual abuse - educational resources
Our webinar series talks the viewer through the chapters of the 2015 publication.
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Child Protection Evidence - Teenage neglect
Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice and child protection procedures and to provide professional and expert opinion on the legal system. This review evaluates the literature on teenage neglect.
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Child Protection Evidence - Spinal injuries
Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion on the legal system. This review evaluates the literature on abusive and non-abusive spinal injuries.
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Child Protection Evidence - Fractures
Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion on the legal system. This review evaluates the literature on abusive and non-abusive fractures.
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Child Protection Evidence - Dental neglect
Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion on the legal system. This review evaluates the literature on dental neglect.
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Guidance and resources for Child Protection Evidence
These external links and national guidelines may be useful in relation to the systematic reviews, which address key questions about the recognition and investigation of children with suspected physical abuse and neglect.
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Safeguarding children and young people - roles and competences for healthcare staff
This is an intercollegiate competency framework for all groups, ranging from non-clinical staff to experts. It provides information on education and training, and role descriptions for named and designated professionals.
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Physical signs of child sexual abuse - resources
Our evidence-based review and guidance is available for purchase, or free to named and designated doctors. The below additional resources complement the review.
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Child protection
As child health professionals, child protection plays a role in everything we do. It is about protecting individual children identified as suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect. Safeguarding is a broader issue, and covers how we ensure children grow up in a...