Child protection concerns

Had they been known about, both instances illustrated above would have been significant child protection concerns. The emotional vulnerability engendered as a result of such unstable patterns of parental contact is just as significant. The following child s description of his disappointment that neither parent consistently comes to see him in foster care is a depressingly flat statement of his low expectations that they will turn up, or even really understand the importance of the visit to him ... 

What one sees in these responses is a subtle, yet significant, shift away from addressing the immediate child protection issues, to focus on the mother s rationale for increased drug use. The attendant assumption is that given time (next day, next week) the practitioner can address the mother s stress and, in so doing, sort things out for the children. The focus on the mother, however, distracts attention away from the saliency of the child protection concerns. 

Risk events when unwell pre-existing child protection concerns. 

Immediate concerns (or suspicions) of significant harm, must trigger a safeguarding referral to the social services Child Protection Team, following local protocols. 

Does whoever monitors the registers have a good knowledge of child protection procedures Are there secure links with social services area child protection committee to alert appropriate services when there is a pattern of absence or lack of punctuality that gives concern ... 

We can expect drastic changes in the food packaging industry. Some will arise from new consumer needs, new or expanded food supplies and products, and new food preservation systems such as aseptic packaging. Others will result from societally based constraints such as safety in health and hazardous use (as in the child safety closure legislation) and consumer protection against fraud, misinformation, or wrongful use where the burden for awareness is no longer on the buyer but on the supplier. Other such constraints will arise from environmental concerns or material scarcities. 

Other agencies and other concerned individuals may take on the tasks of the parents. Outside agencies may assume responsibility for decision-making. Other consequences of drug use can bring unwanted inspection of the family s lifestyle, for example, if the drug user is arrested, a social worker may have to take action to protect the child. 

The decision several years ago to have my own child brought these concerns into sharp focus. While most women, once they become pregnant, seek to protect their growing child from alcohol, tobacco, and other potentially harmful substances, I was determined to protect my child even before conception. 

Study bias may be selection bias or information bias. Selection bias may occur in the choice of subjects for the study (e.g. exclusion of individuals who are not fluent in a particular language). Selection bias may also result from an individual s reluctance to participate in a study owing to concerns over a perceived exposure, resultant health effect, or educational and socioeconomic status of the participants. Parents who perceive that an exposure in their child s environment may have resulted in an adverse health effect may feel responsible for not protecting their child. Information bias may result from inappropriate classification of the individual study participants or from the information provided. For example, interview bias may result when an interviewer is not blind to the exposure of the test population. Recall bias may result when participants with specific exposures or effects respond differently from those without the specific exposures or effects. 

In the Tokyo subway sarin attack, primary decontamination was not undertaken at the attack sites, and the first responders and healthcare workers did not wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Because of this, 135 of 1364 firefighters (9.9%) suffered from symptoms associated with secondary exposure. While the number of policemen who experienced secondary exposure has not been released, the proportion who suffered from secondary exposure is expected to be similar. Fortunately, no deaths were officially attributed to secondary exposure. If higher-purity sarin had been used in the Tokyo subway sarin attack, it is possible that some people might have died from secondary exposure. However, a pregnant nurse who was exposed to sarin at the hospital became concerned whether or not her child would be bom healthy, and after consulting with her doctor, she had an abortion. Therefore, while this was not officially recorded, one life may be said to have been lost due to secondary exposure. 

Beliak s premises and arguments, summarized above, lead him to the following conclusions A new executive arm of the government which will concern itself with the every-day problems of child-rearing as well as the emotional state of the community may have to be developed. On a broader basis, psychiatric awareness will have to enter political considerations and the soundness of legislators and executives in a way that would be inappropriate to spell out at this occasion. No doubt, though, that by a broad scope of activities, community psychiatry will increasingly have to be able to protect society as a whole, and simultaneously assure each individual as much chance for happiness as possible. ... 

Compared with environmental labels, social labels are relatively new and much fewer in number. Most of the currently used social labels were developed in the 1990s (Dickson, 2001), but origins of social labelling can be traced back to the White Label created in the US in 1899. The White Label was meant to assure consumers that women s and children s stitched cotton underwear was manufactured under decent working conditions and with no child labour. It was discontinued in 1918, when labels sponsored by trade unions guaranteeing manufacturer compliance with labour standards came into widespread use (Hilowitz, 1997). While some social labels also impose some requirements concerning the environmental protection, their focus is usually on workers rights, security and protection of work, the development of local community and fairer trade conditions (Koszewska, 201 lb). 

For extremely urgent concerns, where you can t/don t have time to contact social services, call the police. Social workers, the police, or the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) can urgently remove a child from the home after seeking an Emergency Protection Order (EPO) from the court. In exceptional circumstances, they may remove the child without an EPO, though this would be in a case of dire emergency. 

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