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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

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  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

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  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

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  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

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Child Welfare

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• 1.   IS SECURE CARE FAIR?

  This article discusses the use of secure care in child welfare cases in Ireland and England

  

  Abstract:

  This article looks at the findings from two research evaluations of the use of secure care in welfare cases in England and Ireland. The findings from the research are remarkably similar despite the differing context of the development of secure care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Community Care is the property of Reed Business Information Ltd. and its content may not be more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Care, 2006
  Henri Giller

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• 2.   Keeping Children Safe (Book)

  Book Review: Keeping Children Safe

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book "Keeping Children Safe: Child Abuse, Child Protection and the Promotion of Welfare," by Harry Ferguson and Máire O'Reilly. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  European Journal of Social Work, Vol: 5 Page: 340-342 2002
  Alastair Christie

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• 3.   Legal notes. Northern Ireland

  Legal notes. Northern Ireland - 2007 - Subjects: Adoption; Child Welfare;

  

  Categories:

  adoption; Child Welfare

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 31 Page: 127-129 2007
  K. O'Halloran

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• 4.   Legal notes. Northern Ireland

  Legal notes. Northern Ireland - 2004 - Subjects: Adoption; Child Welfare; Child Abuse, Sexual; Foster Home Care

  

  Categories:

  adoption; Child Welfare; Child Abuse, Sexual; Foster Home Care

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 28 Page: 77-80 2004
  K. O'Halloran

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• 5.   Legal notes. Northern Ireland

  Legal notes. Northern Ireland - 2005 - Subjects: Child Custody; Child Welfare

  

  Categories:

  Child Custody; Child Welfare

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 29 Page: 75-78 2005
  K. O'Halloran

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• 6.   Legal notes: Northern Ireland

  Editorial: Legal notes: Northern Ireland

  

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 29 Page: 90-93 2005

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• 7.   Listening To Children, Speaking For Children: Health and Social Services Complaints and Child Advocacy

  This article discusses the importance of Health and Personal Social Services responses to complaints from service users in upholding children's rights, and in particular Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  

  Abstract:

  Health and Personal Social Services are required to respond positively and effectively to complaints from service users. This paper discusses the importance of such complaints systems in upholding children's rights, and in particular Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It outlines the nature of some of the advocacy services available to children and more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 109-116 2003
  Wendy Cousins; Sharon Milner; Eithne McLaughlin

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• 8.   Local government associations

  This article provides information on the role of the local government associations and their responsibility over policies affecting children, young people and families in Great Britain.

  

  Abstract:

  The article provides information on the role of the local government associations and their responsibility over policies affecting children, young people and families in Great Britain. The Children and Young People's Board of the Local Government Association (LGA) in England is responsible for activities related to the wellbeing of children and young people. Meanwhile, the Northern more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Children & Young People Now, 2008
  Simon Vevers

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• 9.   Locked in the Past: The Custodial Disposal of Children in Northern Ireland

  This study examines developments in criminal justice legislation in relation to the custodial disposal of children in Northern Ireland since the implementation of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper will examine developments in criminal justice legislation in relation to the custodial disposal of children in Northern Ireland since the implementation of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. It will critically analyse the approach adopted to the use of custody for children in light of children's experiences of custody within the juvenile justice more...

  International Classification:

  Legal and care issues

  Categories:

  Legal and care issues

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Conference Papers -- Law & Society, 2007 2007 Annual Meeting
  Una Convery

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• 10.   LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND

  This article discusses an assessment framework for children and their families, strengths and limitations

  

  Abstract:

  Looks at lessons for British professionals learned from research and development of a common assessment framework for children carried out in Ireland in 2004. Concerns raised by respondents; Factors that can distort assessments; Messages for policy makers developing a common assessment framework in England. more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Care, 2004
  Jan Horwath; Helen Buckley

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• 11.   Mainstreaming Children's Rights in, to and through Education in a Society Emerging from Conflict

  The article discusses an increasing awareness among people regarding children's rights which are considered as the building blocks of the society undergoing a remodelling process

  

  Abstract:

  The article presents information on increasing awareness among people regarding children's rights which are considered as the building blocks of the society undergoing a remodeling process. It is stated that children's rights are increasingly taken care of in the war-hit nations such as Northern Ireland, which is following the path of peace. However, the United Nations' Universal more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  International Journal of Children's Rights, Vol: 14 Page: 339-362 2006
  Laura Lundy

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• 12.   'Maps and Charts in Planning Family Support': The Development of Children's Services Planning in Northern Ireland

  This article considers how 'cross-cutting' Children's Services Planning has developed and explores the emerging shift from historically based planning to planning based on needs assessment, of children in need

  

  Abstract:

  This paper considers how 'cross-cutting' Children's Services Planning has developed in Northern Ireland, and explores the emerging shift from historically based planning to planning based on needs assessment, driven by the emphasis on holistic understanding of children in Need. Core elements include the development of interagency databases to capture need and supply of services at a more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 199-212 2003
  Eamon McTernan

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• 13.   Mothers' dietary patterns during pregnancy and risk of asthma symptoms in children at 3 years

  This study examined maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children.

  

  Abstract:

  There is increasing evidence that dietary factors in early life play a role in the aetiology of childhood asthma. Our objective in this analysis was to assess whether maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy, as measured by a validated food frequency questionnaire, influenced general practitioner diagnosis of asthma by the age of 3 years in the Life-ways cohort of children. General more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Categories:

  maternal dietary patterns and childhood asthma

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 27-32 September 2007
  N. Fitzsimon; U. Fallon; D. O'Mahony; B. G. Loftus; G. Bury; A. W. Murphy; C. C. Kelleher

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• 14.   National guideline for the management of suspected sexually transmitted infections in children and young people

  This article discusses a life history approach to community rules preventing reoffending by child sex abusers

  

  Abstract:

  The Children Act 1989 defines a child as "a person who has not yet reached 18 years of age." In England, Wales, and Scotland the present age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex is 16 years and in Northern Ireland it is 17 years. The proportion of young people who report heterosexual intercourse before the age of 16 years increased in the 1990s compared with the more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Arch Dis Child, Vol: 88 Page: 303-11 April 2003
  A. Thomas; G. Forster; A. Robinson; K. Rogstad

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• 15.   NCB Northern Ireland

  This article provides information on National Children's Bureau (NCB) Northern Ireland (NI) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The article provides information on National Children's Bureau (NCB) Northern Ireland (NI) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. According to NCB NI director Ruth Sinclair, the ethos of the organization is to continually work in partnership with others and include the views of children and young people. Identification of young people's attitudes to people from other ethnic groups and more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Young People Now, 2008

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• 16.   News from BAAF

  This article comments on a response to "Adopting for Change" a new adoption strategy for Northern Ireland

  

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 30 Page: 3-5 2006
  D. Holmes; D. Cullen

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• 17.   NEWS IN BRIEF

  This article presents news briefs on: Pledge of the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland to fight against the introduction of antisocial behaviour orders

  

  Abstract:

  Presents news briefs on social services issues in Great Britain as of July 2004. Pledge of the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland to fight against the introduction of antisocial behavior orders; Appointment of Paul Ennals as the interim chair of the children, young people and families workforce council in England; Ratio of families applying for a loan to the Social Fund. more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Care, 2004

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• 18.   Northern Ireland

  Legal notes. Northern Ireland - 2006 - Subjects: Adoption; Child Welfare; Preschool Children

  

  Categories:

  adoption; Child Welfare

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 30 Page: 72-76 2006
  K. O'Halloran

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• 19.   Northern Ireland fund is a success

  This article reports on the positive impact of the Children and Young People Funding Package on the wellbeing of school children in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The article reports on the positive impact of the Children and Young People Funding Package on the wellbeing of school children in Northern Ireland. The 61 million pounds funds was launched in March 2006 by the government to help develop extended services and joint working in schools. The Education and Training Inspectorate and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Young People Now, 2008

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• 20.   Operationalising children's rights: lessons from research

  This article discusses operationalising children's rights and lessons from research

  

  Abstract:

  This article considers ways in which the implementation of children's rights can be measured in law, policy and practice. It identifies best practice and lessons to be learnt when undertaking the process of auditing the implementation of children's rights. It draws on the author's experience of four different research projects whose task was to measure the extent to which children's more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 1 Page: 35-45 2006
  Ursula Kilkelly

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• 21.   Paediatric analgesia in an Emergency Department

  The aim of this study was to audit paediatric analgesia in an Emergency Department

  

  Abstract:

  Timely management of pain in paediatric patients in the Emergency Department (ED) is a well-accepted performance indicator. We describe an audit of the provision of analgesia for children in an Irish ED and the introduction of a nurse-initiated analgesia protocol in an effort to improve performance. 95 children aged 1-16 presenting consecutively to the ED were included and time from more...

  International Classification:

  Factors influencing health status and contact with health services - persons encountering health services for examination and investigation - paediatric analgesia

  Categories:

  paediatric analgesia

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 101 Page: 106-9 April 2008
  C. Hawkes; G. Kelleher; J. Hourihane

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• 22.   Paediatric trauma associated with all-terrain vehicles

  These case reports discuss four cases of paediatric trauma associated with All-Terrain vehicles

  

  Abstract:

  All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are used extensively in the agricultural and forestry industries where they are marketed as an inexpensive alternative to tractors. Recent years have seen an increase in recreational use of ATVs, particularly quad bikes. More worrying is the increased use of privately owned ATVs among the paediatric population. In Ireland it is a legal requirement to provide more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

  Categories:

  vehicle injuries

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 101 Page: 55-7 February 2008
  J. Curran; C. O'Leary

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• 23.   Perceptions of stressful life events in Northern Irish school children: a longitudinal study

  This study examined children's own perceptions of the stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events as well as events related to the political conflict in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Adults' perceptions of stressful life events have been acknowledged as important moderators of the stress adjustment relationship. Until recently, however, there has been a lack of research on children's perceptions of negative life events. This study assesses children's own perceptions of the stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events as well as events more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events

  Categories:

  stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Child Psychol Psychiatry, Vol: 44 Page: 193-201 February 2003
  O. T. Muldoon

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• 24.   Poverty and "paddy-atrics"

  This article discusses the cost of healthcare and access for children living in poverty

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 99 Page: 5-6 January 2006
  D. G. Gill

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• 25.   Promoting child protection, welfare and healing: The case for developing best practice

  This paper focuses specifically on the meanings and development of best practice in family support in the context of child protection work

  

  Abstract:

  Presents a 'best practice perspective' on child and family work. It is suggested that this involves moving beyond the 'deficit perspective' which dominates how the literature examines practice negatively in terms of what is not being done well to one which sets out best practice positively as a model for learning and developing systems and practice competencies. This paper focuses more...

  International Classification:

  Relationships

  Categories:

  family support, child protection work

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 6 Page: 1-12 2001
  Harry Ferguson

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• 26.   Protecting the Rights of the Non-Offending Child in Ireland: Balancing State Rights with State Obligations

  This article discusses the protection accorded to the rights of those Irish children who have been identified by the Irish Courts as being children who may for a multitude of reasons be regarded as being children at risk

  

  Abstract:

  This paper analyzes the protection accorded to the rights of those Irish children who have been identified by the Irish Courts as being children who may for a multitude of reasons be regarded as being children at risk. In such circumstances, these children become subject to State intervention where the State acts in parens patriae. The authority of the State to adopt this role is both more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  International Journal of Children's Rights, Vol: 12 Page: 379-400 2004
  Claire Breen

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• 27.   Reflections on risk in child protection: Is it time for a shift in paradigms?

  This article argues that the objectivist paradigm of risk assessment and management in child protection has failed to provide valid and reliable measures of risk and has a one-sided focus on objectified risk factors

  

  Abstract:

  Approaches to risk assessment and management in child protection have been developed largely within an objectivist paradigm and this has led to an emphasis on prediction, control and culpability. This paper argues that the objectivist paradigm has failed to provide valid and reliable measures of risk and has replaced a focus on the subject (the individual) with a one-sided focus on more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 5 Page: 1-10 2000
  Stan Houston; Huw Griffiths

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• 28.   Relating outcomes to objectives in child protection

  This article critiques the current system of performance management in the child protection system

  

  Abstract:

  With the introduction of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland have been engaged in a refocusing of children's services, shifting resources and interventions towards supporting families at an earlier stage in order to reduce the likelihood of crisis, breakdown or abuse at a later stage. Alongside this development the Government more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 9 Page: 27-38 2004
  John Devaney

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• 29.   Researching the history of social work: exposition of a history of the present approach

  This article discusses an exposition of Michel Foucault's 'history of the present' . It sets out the general principles underpinning this practice and considers its application to a particular research question relating to child welfare and protection

  

  Abstract:

  This paper provides an exposition of Michel Foucault's 'history of the present' in order to make the case for its relevance to the study of social work history. It sets out the general principles underpinning this practice and considers its application to a particular research question relating to history of child welfare and protection social work in the Republic of Ireland. The paper more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  European Journal of Social Work, Vol: 10 Page: 449-463 2007
  Caroline Skehill

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• 30.   Responding to communities in trauma in Northern Ireland: Supporting the positive experience of childhood by partnership working

  This article discusses the work of the NOVA organisation, they highlight the benefits of close, interagency collaboration, with an emphasis upon therapeutic support and community capacity building

  

  Abstract:

  Support for children and young people who experience violence, both directly and indirectly, is the principal focus of Martin Murphy's and David Stewart's article. Describing the work of the NOVA organisation, they highlight the benefits of close, interagency collaboration, with an emphasis upon therapeutic support and community capacity building. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Support for Learning, Vol: 21 Page: 70-76 2006
  Martin Murphy; David Stewart

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• 31.   Review of Child Protection Work: Beyond the Rhetoric

  Book Review: Child Protection Work

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book "Child Protection Work: Beyond the Rhetoric," by Helen Buckley (2003). In this book the author seeks to make visible the professional practices of statutory social workers involved in the child protection process. The author bases her study on empirical analysis which she undertook in the Republic of Ireland in the early to mid-1990s. She analyzes all more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Social Work and Social Sciences Review, Vol: 11 Page: 70-77 2004
  Ros Day

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• 32.   Review of Constructing Meanings and Identities in Child Protection Practice

  Book Review: Constructing Meanings and Identities in Child Protection Practice

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, Constructing Meanings and Identities in Child Protection Practice by Heather D'Cruz (2004). The main aim of the book is to analyse how the claim that 'something happened' to a child gets transformed through child protection intervention into categories of child maltreatment and a series of identities for children and adults. The main strength of this book is the way more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Social Work Education, Vol: 25 Page: 311-313 2006
  Alastair Christie

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• 33.   Review of Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60

  Book Review: Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin,

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 by Lindsey Earner-Byrne (2007). This publication explores in detail the development of maternity and child welfare services in Dublin during the early decades following independence, is a most valuable contribution to the historiography. Tracing the roles, and interaction, of Church, State, the medical more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Gender Studies, Vol: 17 Page: 177-179 2008
  Myrtle Hill

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• 34.   Reviewing Child Deaths--Learning from the American Experience

  This article discusses the experience of creating multidisciplinary child death review teams (CDRTs) in America and highlights the potential benefits the introduction of a similar system might have in the United Kingdom

  

  Abstract:

  Current systems for investigating child deaths in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have come under intense scrutiny in recent years and questions have been raised about the accuracy of child death investigations and resulting statistics. Research has highlighted the ways in which multidisciplinary input can contribute to investigative and review processes, a perspective which is more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child Abuse Review, Vol: 14 Page: 82-96 2005
  Lisa Bunting; Colin Reid

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• 35.   Save the Children Conference Inclusion-Sharing a Vision of Learning for Schools, Parents and Young People 6th March 2007, Belfast, Northern Ireland

  This article discusses several papers discussed at the "Save the Children Conference: Inclusion-Sharing a Vision of Learning for Schools, Parents and Young People," is presented

  

  Abstract:

  Information about several papers discussed at the "Save the Children Conference: Inclusion-Sharing a Vision of Learning for Schools, Parents and Young People," is presented. It was inferred that the conference which was organised by Save the Children, explored inclusion within context of education. Moreover, the conference focused on what inclusion means for schools, teachers more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 95-103 2008
  �ine McGinnity

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• 36.   Single safeguarding board for N Ireland

  This article reports on the proposed establishment of a single safeguarding board for Northern Ireland that will be responsible for coordinating efforts to protect children.

  

  Abstract:

  The article reports on the proposed establishment of a single safeguarding board for Northern Ireland that will be responsible for coordinating efforts to protect children. The board will replace the existing area child protection committees and will have an independent chair. According to Health and Social Service Minister Shaun Woodward, the vetting and barring scheme for people more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Community Care, 2006

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• 37.   Small Voices: Children's Rights and Representation in Social Work Research

  This article discusses why Children's Article 12 Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to express their views on all matters concerning them should also apply to social work research.

  

  Abstract:

  The persons who are social work's constituencies are typically disenfranchised and excluded. This is particularly the case with children whose voices are routinely suppressed. This paper outlines why Children's Article 12 Rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to express their views on all matters concerning them should also apply to social work research. The ethical more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Social Work Education, Vol: 26 Page: 447-457 2007
  Wendy Cousins; Sharon Milner

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• 38.   So How Are We Doing? A Review of the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: United Kingdom

  This article discusses the "United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child" issued response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  

  Abstract:

  On October 4, 2002, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued its response to the British government's submission on the progress made in respect of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are required to present a periodic report every five years. However, due to delays more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Children & Society, Vol: 17 Page: 71-74 2003
  Lisa Payne

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• 39.   Social Work in the Republic of Ireland: A History of the Present

  This article discusses on research carried out into the nature and position of social work in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  This article reports on research carried out into the nature and position of social work in the child protection and welfare system in Ireland. Employing a methodology of a history of the present, this research sought to critically examine the nature and position of social work within the social as a 'psy expert'. Selected findings relating to the genealogical and archaeological more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Social Work, Vol: 3 Page: 141-159 2003
  Caroline Skehill

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• 40.   Specialising in Genericism: The Emergency Duty Team Perspective

  This article discusses if the generic emergency duty team is the most appropriate model for dealing with all social services emergencies out of normal working hours

  

  Abstract:

  The Climbié Report 2003 has suggested radical reforms in relation to how child protection services are organised out of hours. The impact of this will be felt in Emergency Duty Teams throughout the UK leading those involved in commissioning child protection services to ask whether the generic emergency duty team is the most appropriate model for dealing with all social services more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Practice (09503153), Vol: 16 Page: 111-121 2004
  Jane Barry

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• 41.   STILL FAILING THE CHILDREN

  This article discusses the Children's commissioner’s findings that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed because of the increase in juvenile delinquency, injustices in the asylum system, and poverty.

  

  Abstract:

  The article presents the author's views on the Great Britain's written agreement with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. He says that the country should carry out its promise in upholding the rights of children. The author stated that the children's commissioners found out that the governments of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have failed more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Care, 2008
  Mark Ivory

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• 42.   Supporting families with a mentally ill parent: European perspectives on interagency cooperation

  This article discusses policies and practices in several European countries concerning interactions between child welfare and community mental health services in meeting the needs of children with mentally ill parents

  

  Abstract:

  Compared policies and practices in several European countries concerning interactions between child welfare and community mental health services in meeting the needs of children with mentally ill parents. Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, pediatricians, and therapists responded to case vignettes within group discussions. Ss also reported perceptions of responses more...

  Geography:

  International

  Child Abuse Review, Vol: 10 Page: 351-365 2001
  Rachael Hetherington; Karen Baistow

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• 43.   The Age of Criminal Responsibility: "The Frontier between Care and Justice"

  This article addresses the potential conflict between the concept of the welfare of children inherent in the family care system and that of responsibility inherent in the criminal justice system.

  

  Abstract:

  This is an extract from a speech given by Mr Justice Gillen to a conference in Belfast organised by Children Law UK in January 2006. It addresses the potential conflict between the concept of the welfare of children inherent in the family care system and that of responsibility inherent in the criminal justice system. It questions whether the abolition of doli incapax and the age of more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 12 Page: 129-139 2006
  John Gillen

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• 44.   The Best of Both Worlds for Children's Rights? Interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights in the Light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

  The article discusses the European Convention on Human Rights in the Light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

  

  Abstract:

  The article discusses the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the light of the United Nations (U.N.) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The approach of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child to the promotion and protection of children's rights is advisory and non-adversarial in nature and its success relies on diplomacy rather than legal sanction. One of the more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Human Rights Quarterly, Vol: 23 Page: 308-326 2001
  Ursula Kilkelly

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• 45.   The Child Protection Register: a tool in the accident and emergency department?

  The aim of this study was to examine the number of children on the Child Protection Register (CPR) attending the accident and emergency department and the referral source, diagnostic category, and frequency distribution for such attendances

  

  Abstract:

  AIMS: To determine the number of children on the Child Protection Register (CPR) attending the accident and emergency (A&E) department and the referral source, diagnostic category, and frequency distribution for such attendances. To determine whether lack of knowledge that a child is on the CPR results in failure to suspect non-accidental injury (NAI) if the standard indicators of NAI more...

  International Classification:

  Child protection

  Categories:

  child protection register;

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Emerg Med J, Vol: 19 Page: 229-30 May 2002
  N. M. Flanagan; C. MacLeod; M. G. Jenkins; R. Wylie

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• 46.   The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the Magistrates Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996: the powers of a resident magistrate; role of the Official Solicitor; the status of a guardian ad litem

  This article discussed the powers of a resident magistrate; role of the Official Solicitor; the status of a guardian ad litem

  

  Abstract:

  Focuses on a legal case on the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the Magistrates Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rule (Northern Ireland) 1996 that addressed the powers of a resident magistrate, role of the Official Solicitor, the status of a guardian ad litem, disclosure rights and duties, and the bearing, if any, of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Adoption & Fostering, Vol: 30 Page: 77-80 2006 Spring2006
  Kerry O'Halloran

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• 47.   The Children (Northern Ireland) Order: A perspective from the United States

  This article discusses how the child welfare challenges of Northern Ireland are partially similar to, and partially different from, those in the United States

  

  Abstract:

  In this paper, I identify how the child welfare challenges of Northern Ireland are partially similar to, and partially different from, those in the United States. To do so, I provide a discussion of current US child welfare legislation, critical prevailing themes, and observations regarding the similarities and differences with Northern Ireland legislation and child care practice. I more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 12 Page: 113-127 2006
  Mary Elizabeth Collins

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• 48.   The Effects of Maltreatment on Children's Health and Well-Being

  This article provides an overview of all the different types of child maltreatment in terms of characteristics of victims, the range of consequences, mediating factors and types of interventions that may be offered

  

  Abstract:

  Although our society has put in place various forms of legislation to protect children's rights, many children are still subject to various forms of maltreatment such as sexual, physical or emotional abuse and/or physical or emotional neglect. All of these can have serious detrimental effects on the victims. Previous literature in this area has tended to focus on sexual abuse. In more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 236-250 2003
  Helga Sneddon

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• 49.   The measurement of blood pressure and the detection of hypertension in children and adolescents

  This study aimed to explore the standardization of measurement of blood pressure and the detection of hypertension in children and adolescents

  

  Abstract:

  Despite the publication of several expert committee guidelines for the measurement of blood pressure (BP) and the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents, it was our perception and clinical experience that there still appeared to be a general lack of standardisation of BP measurement techniques and little consensus on the criteria for diagnosing hypertension. To more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - blood pressure

  Categories:

  blood pressure;

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  J Hum Hypertens, Vol: 15 Page: 419-23 June 2001
  G. Y. Lip; M. Beevers; D. G. Beevers; M. J. Dillon

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• 50.   The Participation Rights of Looked After Children in their Health Care: A Critical Review of the Research

  This article discusses the importance of "looked after" children participating in their own health care and presents research into rates and types of participation

  

  Abstract:

  The article discusses the importance of "looked after" children participating in their own health care and presents research into rates and types of participation. "Looked after" children are at higher risk for physical and mental health problems. Great Britain's amended Children's Act of 2004 requires that "looked after" children be afforded the right to more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  International Journal of Children's Rights, Vol: 14 Page: 77-95 2006
  Karen Winter

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• 51.   The regulation of assisted reproduction

  This article discusses the regulation of assisted reproduction

  

  Abstract:

  Whether, and if so how, to regulate assisted reproduction continues to occupy the minds of policy makers and other commentators. Shortly after the House of Commons science and technology committee called for partial deregulation of assisted reproduction in the UK and the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in its present form, the Commission on Assisted more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol: 31 Page: 620-620 2005
  Veronica English; Rebecca Mussell; Julian Sheather; Ann Sommerville

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