| Responding to Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused: Who Clinical Guidelines Contributor(s): World Health Organization (Author) |
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ISBN: 9241550147 ISBN-13: 9789241550147 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nursing - Pediatric & Neonatal - Medical | Pediatric Emergencies - Medical | Pediatrics |
| Physical Information: 82 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children and adolescents. Health care providers are in a unique position to provide an empathetic response to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Such a response can go a long way in helping survivors recover from the trauma of sexual abuse. WHO has published new clinical guidelines Responding to Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused aimed at helping front-line health workers, primarily from low resource settings, in providing evidence-based, quality, trauma-informed care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes and autonomy of children and adolescents. They cover recommendations for post-rape care and mental health; and approaches to minimizing distress in the process of taking medical history, conducting examination and documenting findings. |
Contributor Bio(s): World Health Organization: - World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends. |