CHILD ABUSE AND ROLE OF PEDIATRIC NURSES
Abstract
World Health Organization (WHO) describes child abuse; “Exposure to all kinds of attitudes and behaviors including commercial advertising or any other form of influence that may cause any physical and / or emotional, sexual, negligence or neglect to cause adverse effects on health, growth and development of children”. 25% of the children aged 7-18 were neglected, physical abuse was seen 43%, emotional abuse was 51% and sexual abuse was 3%. 4,2 % of children 6-14 and 28 % of children 15-17 were reported to be exposed to financial abuse. Besides, poor financial situation is consideed to be among the most important factors inducing child abuse. Child abuse is considered a complex event with its all dimensions including the etiology, diagnosis and treatment; protecting the children from abuse is essential and a multidisciplinary team of professionals during early diagnosis and treatment is needed. Pediatric nurses in the team play a significant role in; recognizing the signs for abuse, early-identification of the children likely to be exposed to maltreatment, directing them to the appropriate centers and providing them with the treatment/rehabilitation.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Review
Publication Date
December 15, 2019
Submission Date
February 20, 2018
Acceptance Date
July 30, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 50 Number: 4