Challenges of reporting child abuse
Lyytikkä, Ella; Westerholm, Silja (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205118516
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205118516
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The objective of this thesis was to study the barriers health care professionals encounter when reporting child abuse. The purpose of this study was to bring awareness of child abuse situations for nurses and health care professionals.
The aim of this thesis was to bring awareness of child welfare and its management on reporting child abuse suspicions.
The method of the study was to conduct a literature review by collecting data from studies and research that has been done. Our study questions for the thesis are the following: What are the challenges and consequences of nursing professionals addressing child abuse? How nurses manage these challenges?
The research from different countries shows a lack of readiness to report, a lack of tools and guidelines on how to report child abuse. Mandating reporting of suspected child abuse has increased the number of reports. Conducting guidelines for health care professionals and disciplines across health care sectors has made the barrier of making a report decrease. A multidisciplinary team working towards the wellbeing of a suspected child abuse victim has shown to improve the outcome of the situation.
There is still a need for higher education for professionals to detect child abuse. Health care professionals felt the lack of support from colleagues and multidisciplinary team, which affected the willingness to report. Creating clear guidelines and support for health care professionals may increase the readiness and willingness to intervene with suspected abuse.
The aim of this thesis was to bring awareness of child welfare and its management on reporting child abuse suspicions.
The method of the study was to conduct a literature review by collecting data from studies and research that has been done. Our study questions for the thesis are the following: What are the challenges and consequences of nursing professionals addressing child abuse? How nurses manage these challenges?
The research from different countries shows a lack of readiness to report, a lack of tools and guidelines on how to report child abuse. Mandating reporting of suspected child abuse has increased the number of reports. Conducting guidelines for health care professionals and disciplines across health care sectors has made the barrier of making a report decrease. A multidisciplinary team working towards the wellbeing of a suspected child abuse victim has shown to improve the outcome of the situation.
There is still a need for higher education for professionals to detect child abuse. Health care professionals felt the lack of support from colleagues and multidisciplinary team, which affected the willingness to report. Creating clear guidelines and support for health care professionals may increase the readiness and willingness to intervene with suspected abuse.