Unit 10: Caring for Children and Young People | 10D - Strategies used to safeguard children and young people from abusive and exploitative behavior | Abbie Williams | 02/01/2015 | P4: Explain appropriate responses when child maltreatment or abuse is suspected – There are a variety of different responses of which would be considered appropriate when you believe that a child or young person is being abused or facing maltreatment. You can observe the child over a period
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displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for monitoring, preventing and controlling disease outbreaks are discussed. Learning objectives To review communicable diseases of public health importance; To discuss the basic principles for communicable disease control in emergency and post-conflict situations; To plan a communicable disease control programme for emergency settings; To discuss simple but effective ways of preventing
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the community. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the community as “ a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p.397). The healthy level of the community is called public health, and the responsibilities of public health include assessment, policy development, and
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Needs Assessment I. Introduction As a result of our research on sexual violence, its prevalence, and its impact on our society were able to identify a service gap within our local communities. A core nonprofit agency, ContactLifeline, Inc. specifically targets people affected by sexual violence and crisis. We interviewed people in the community, local educators, students, and key staff from ContactLifeline Inc. to gather professional opinions and opinions of our fellow community members
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criminal justice systems, dispossession of land, lack of access to basic health and wellbeing needs, etc. Selected social justice issue: Child removal Aboriginal children have been subject to intervention by European people and governments since. In the days of protectionism, Aboriginal people were theorised to be an inferior and therefore dying race (under social Darwinism) and therefore in need of protection by public health and order interventions including provision of shelter, food, clothing
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HARLEM UNITED COMMUNITY AIDS CENTER 2014 PROGRAM GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS ADHCs ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE (ADHC) EAST - EL FARO............................................................................................................... 5 ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE (ADHC) WEST ............................................................................................................................. 6 HEALTH SERVICES DENTAL CLINIC ................................................................
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Home JournalsBooksAbout UsMembershipSubscriptionAllies & FriendsContact us Culture And Child Abuse In Nigeria Charity N. Uzuegbu Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Abstract Cultural practises have been observed to increase the abuse of children in Nigeria. This paper discusses the effects of cultural practices on the abuse of children in Nigeria. Some of the cultural practices discussed are early marriage, female genital mutilation, and desire for large family
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is the involvement in sexual activity without consent; it can be direct (being forced to perform sex acts) and indirect (being forced to watch sexual activity). c) Emotional/psychological abuse, any action that damages an individuals’ mental health such as bullying which can result in distress. d) Financial abuse is the theft or misuse of an individual’s money or personal possessions. e) Institutional abuse is the mistreatment of an individual by the authorities or people within
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unstoppable. The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has been just that – unstoppable. The YMCA is a cause-driven organization focusing on youth development, healthy living, social responsibility, and tackling the nations’ epidemic on obesity and inactivity. The YMCA was started in 1844 by a young farmer boy, George Williams, who became a department store worker in London, England. He organized the first YMCA along with 11 friends which began as a Bible study and prayer meeting for young men and evolved
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physiologic and psychologic dangers to health and recovery. McCaffery 1999, defines pain as “whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he (or she) says it does.” Basic to this definition is the care provider’s willingness to believe that the client is experiencing pain and that the client is the real authority on that pain. Health care professionals recently have focused on the positive effects of humor and laughter on health and disease. Humor involves the ability
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