Accuracy of screening procedures for non-accidental injury in children: systematic review and modelling of clinical effectiveness
Woodman J, Pitt M, Wentz R, Taylor B, Hodes D, Gilbert RE
Record ID 32005000959
English
Authors' objectives:
To determine the clinical effectiveness of screening tests for physical abuse in children attending accident and emergency (A&E) departments in the UK.
Authors' recommendations:
Improving clinical screening assessment is likely to be more useful than protocols in improving the detection of physically abused children attending A&E. Further improvements might be achieved by following up children referred to paediatricians for suspected abuse who fail to reach the high level of certainty required to justify referral to social services. Many professionals voiced a need for access to experiencedsocial services advice that is not under pressure to minimise referrals to an overloaded service, and consideration might be given to making such advice centrally available.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1413
Year Published:
2008
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Child
- Child Advocacy
- Child, Preschool
- Clinical Competence
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Nurse's Role
- Nursing Assessment
- Observer Variation
- Accidents
- Child Abuse
- Wounds and Injuries
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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