Barriers to health visitors identifying child neglect

A search of literature published between 2015 and 2023 focused on westernised healthcare provision, excluding hospital or care home settings. The inquiry used the terms ‘health visitor’, ‘specialist...

The role of moral disengagement and lack of empathy in cyberbullying: How school nurses can respond

Developing interventions that target perpetrators as well as victims is essential in addressing the rising incidence of cyberbullying that CYP currently encounter. SNs need to take the lead and work...

Safeguarding: A public health response

We often struggle to explain our role, measure the impact and value, so how can we expect others to fully understand the importance of what we do compared to a safeguarding procedure? This lack of...

Online safety: Protecting young people from online abuse

The Act covers many avenues of child protection, but it is not expected to directly change safeguarding responsibilities for teachers – although those teaching relationships and sex education (RSE)...

Meeting the safeguarding needs of all children and young people

‘Boarding away from home, brings its own challenges and many pupils in independent schools are bursary, charity or local authority funded and often have had upbringings in areas of high...

Adverse childhood experiences, safeguarding and the role of the school nurse in promoting resilience and wellbeing

A literature search was carried out using academic databases (CINAHL complete database, Medline and Google Scholar). The following key words (school nurse, adverse childhood experiences, resilience,...

A transdisciplinary approach to adolescent safeguarding education

Adolescent safeguarding education has been a key area of interest for the researcher over the last 4 years, this started in their first research study with learners on a children's pre-registration...

Internet safety: Teaching children to keep themselves safe

…the overriding message [is] that it is never too young to start talking about online safety.’ .

Fabricated or induced illness: The importance of health chronologies in recognising this form of abuse

‘Fabricated or induced illness by carers is a relatively rare form of child abuse in which a parent or carer seeks medical intervention by fabricating or inducing symptoms in a child.’ .

Partner violence: Adopting a public health approach to addressing the problem

‘Evidence suggests that the some of the highest rates of domestic violence and abuse are experienced by adolescents, with prevalence rates as high as 45% in England.’ .

We must not prioritise attainment over trauma

All Together: Free anti-bullying programme

‘Much uncertainty lies ahead, and we are pleased that so many schools are using this time to think about their anti-bullying work and ensure staff are able to meet the needs of all their pupils.’ .