STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION IN CHILDREN'S ABUSE FROM A NURSE PERSPECTIVE

Prevention

- Screening of the pregnant mothers (drinking, smoking, nutrition, exercise etc.)

- Child care throughout the life (vaccination, measurements, well-being..)

- Observation from the professional point of view (teachers, school nurses etc.)

- Finding out early whether there's abuse in the family

- Educational programmes (parenting etc.) and information about them

- Environment (safe, welcoming..)

     

Protection

- Due to report if one has suspicion about abuse (social worker, police)

- Education for children, classes or school nurse (what's right or wrong)

- Speaking up, being a "mentor" as a nurse to guide children and parents

- Making abuse visible

Promotion

- Give the child tools (strenght and courage) to talk about problems, such as abuse and violence

--> THEY'RE NOT ALONE!

- Education to professionals who work with children (looking for signs and seeing changes in behavior)

Participation

- Get involved

- Pedagolocigal approach; ask the right questions

- Surveys and brochures

Finding in Gapminder.org - www.bit.ly/1k1HWAN

All causes deaths in children 1-59 months old (per 1,000) in correlation to Income per person (GDP/capita, PPP$ inflation-adjusted)

* The more money the less of a risk it is to the child to die at young age

* We compared Finland, Sweden, Lithuania and Estonia and found out little changes like - Lithuania (2008) 0,38% of the children died at the age of 1-59 months, at the same time the income of one person 17 445$. Finland and Sweden had the same percent (0,15%) of caused deaths vs. over ~ 33 000$. Estonia had 0,29% and under ~19 000$.

In conclusion, we can assume that the income could affect the abuse among the family.