Harris J C, Elcock C, Sidebotham P D, Welbury R R
Sheffield Salaried Primary Dental Care Service, Firth Park Clinic, North Quadrant, Sheffield, S5 6NU.
Br Dent J. 2009 Apr 25;206(8):409-14. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.307.
Following several highly publicised inquiries into the deaths of children from abuse and neglect, there has been much recent interest in the role and responsibility of all health professionals to protect children at risk of maltreatment. The findings of a postal questionnaire, sent in March 2005 to 789 dentists and dental care professionals with an interest in paediatric dentistry working in varied settings in the UK, are presented in a two-part report and discussed in the context of current multi-agency good practice in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This first part explores reported child protection training, experience and practice. There was a significant gap between recognising signs of abuse and responding effectively: 67% of respondents had suspected abuse or neglect of a child patient at some time in their career but only 29% had ever made a child protection referral. The dental profession is alerted to the need to ensure necessary appropriate action to safeguard children is always taken when child abuse or neglect are suspected.
在对因虐待和忽视导致儿童死亡进行了几次备受瞩目的调查之后，近期人们对所有卫生专业人员在保护面临虐待风险儿童方面的作用和责任产生了浓厚兴趣。2005年3月向英国不同工作环境中789名对儿童牙科感兴趣的牙医和牙科护理专业人员发送了一份邮政调查问卷，其结果在一份分两部分的报告中呈现，并在当前多机构保障和促进儿童福利良好做法的背景下进行了讨论。第一部分探讨了所报告的儿童保护培训、经验和做法。在识别虐待迹象和有效应对之间存在显著差距：67%的受访者在其职业生涯中的某个时候曾怀疑有儿童患者遭受虐待或忽视，但只有29%的人曾进行过儿童保护转介。牙科行业被提醒，当怀疑有儿童虐待或忽视情况时，需要确保始终采取必要的适当行动来保护儿童。
