Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused : WHO clinical guidelines /
WHO has published new clinical guidelines aimed at helping front-line health workers, primarily from low resource settings, in providing evidence-based, quality, trauma-informed care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Geneva, Switzerland :
World Health Organiztion,
[2017]
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| Summary: | WHO has published new clinical guidelines aimed at helping front-line health workers, primarily from low resource settings, in providing evidence-based, quality, trauma-informed care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes and autonomy of children and adolescents. They cover recommendations for post-rape care and mental health and approaches to minimizing distress in the process of taking medical history, conducting examination and documenting findings. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 74 pages ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789241550147 9241550147 |