This article proposes a safeguarding model based on public health principles appropriate
for health visitors in routine practice, focusing on the idea of safeguarding as primary …

Background: The term 'safeguarding'refers to measures designed to protect health,
wellbeing and human rights, allowing people (especially children, young people and …

Child maltreatment is a large-scale issue with major short-and long-term health
consequences for childhood and adult life. The incidence of abuse and neglect is profoundly …

All children and young people have a right to be safeguarded and their welfare promoted. In
its broadest sense 'safeguarding'encompasses a wide spectrum of activity including the …

Recent government policy has focused on the provision of a safe environment for all
children. Parenting support is increasingly being recognised as a core method of …

Matthew Stagner and Jiffy Lansing chart developments in the field of child maltreatment and
propose a new framework for preventing child abuse and neglect. They begin by describing …

This chapter contextualizes child abuse and neglect in Specialist Community Public Health
Nursing (Health Visiting) practice. Relevant key concepts including child, childhood …

The goal for this special issue of the International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research,
Policy and Practice was to “highlight advances in child maltreatment public health …

This chapter critically examines the utility of a public health approach in addressing, and
preventing complex constellations of maltreatment, particularly when this occurs within …

Background The term 'safeguarding'covers the protection of health, wellbeing and human
rights. Effective safeguarding enables people (particularly children, young adults and other …