Safeguarding and promoting children in maternity services- implications for policy and practice

Anne Lazenbatt

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Abstract

The article debates the issues involved in safeguarding and protecting children in maternity services and offers implications for professional practice. Midwives and other staff who work as members of the maternity team have a safeguarding role to play in the identification of babies and children who have been abused, or at risk of abuse, and in subsequent intervention and protection services. The study highlights how domestic violence increases during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and is significantly related to all types of child maltreatment up to the child's fifth year, and children under one being at the highest risk of injury, or death. Close inter-agency liaison is required with midwives who are accountable and not afraid to challeneg hiostorical working practices.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-326
Number of pages14
JournalChild Care in Practice
Volume15
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2009

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