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Ethnic Diversity and Child Protection
Author(s) -
Thanki Vyomesh
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1994.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , harm , diversity (politics) , child protection , intervention (counseling) , ethnically diverse , cultural diversity , action (physics) , criminology , psychology , public relations , political science , social psychology , medicine , nursing , law , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY: Black and minority ethnic children in need of protection receive a poor response from health and social services. Practitioners are reluctant to intervene, and when intervention does take place it reflects a eurocentric approach that fails to engage with the ethnic diversity of vulnerable children. Increasing the levels of safety far all children, black and white, suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, requires taking positive action: collecting ethnically relevant data, a commitment to an equitable distribution of resources, consulting children and parents and involving them in planning and designing services.