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A Child Protection Week: An Effective Method of Hospital‐wide Training
Author(s) -
Brewer Helen,
Mitchell Claire,
Tomlinson Richard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.1177
Subject(s) - declaration , intranet , child protection , medicine , nursing , psychology , medical education , computer science , the internet , world wide web , programming language
Key Practitioner Messages This is the first study assessing hospital‐wide knowledge and the impact of a Child Protection Week as a method of training. We have identified the effective elements of a Child Protection Week. The newsletter and Intranet articles proved the most recalled media. Self‐declaration of child protection knowledge is an effective method to evidence training. Staff were significantly more likely to have positive knowledge, skills and attitudes to safeguard children.