Improving child protection in the emergency department: A systematic review of professional interventions for health care providers

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Newton, Amanda S ^a,b   Zou, Belle ^a   Hamm, Michele P ^a   Curran, Janet ^c   Gupta, Sahil ^a   Dumonceaux, Celeste ^a,d   Lewis, Melanie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Health care delivery; Pediatrics; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BURN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DRILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 76049126659     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00640.x     Document Type: Review

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