Table 1 Service development initiatives mainly in health settings
Study | Setting | Professionals involved | Type of service | Type of evaluation | Findings related to awareness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allnock 2012 [3] | Hospital and community | Multiple groups | Therapeutic services for children who have experienced sexual abuse | Cross-sectional | Significant shortfall in services relative to demand. Identifies need for relevant professionals to be trained to identify vulnerable children |
Appleton 2012 [4] | Community | Child protection nurses | Primary care child protection services | Cross-sectional | Challenges include child protection moving off primary care agenda, high threshold for referral to social services |
Bajaj 2006 [5] | Hospital | Specialist nurse | Liaison and discharge co-ordinator role | Before/after | Recording and analysis of outcomes can improve understanding of important factors affecting outcomes |
Browne 2013 [6] | Community | Health visitors | Family nurse partnership | Cross-sectional | Service can be made most efficient by focusing on families with known risk factors |
Care Quality Commission 2009 [7] | Hospital | Multiple groups | Services provided by NHS Trusts | Cross-sectional | Trusts should review safeguarding arrangements and commissioning organisations need to ensure effective safeguarding in general practices |
Creighton [10] | Hospital outpatient clinic | Multi-disciplinary team | Clinic for children with known or suspected FGM | Service description and case series | Availability of specialist service in response to awareness and need |
Kaye [11] | Hospital ED | ED clinicians | Risk assessment for children of people presenting with mental health problems | Before/after (audits) | Protocol increased awareness of children potentially needing safeguarding |
Park 2015 [12] | Community | Dentists | Oral assessment as part of comprehensive medical assessment | Cross-sectional | Oral assessment by a dentist can improve awareness of child protection needs |