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An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women
The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent–infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27559208 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu150 |
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author | Barlow, Jane Dawe, Sharon Coe, Chris Harnett, Paul |
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description | The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent–infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within a time frame consistent with their developmental needs. This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care team, which aims to provide early identification, intensive support, timely assessment and decision making for a group of highly vulnerable, pregnant women, their partners and their infants. The pathway of care is described and a case study is presented to illustrate this care pathway. A mother is referred at eighteen weeks of pregnancy and supported post birth for six months. The combination of supporting structured professional judgement by the inclusion of standardised tools and training in a programme specifically developed for high-risk families suggests that this pre-birth risk-assessment process warrants further evaluation. |
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spelling | pubmed-49860862016-08-22 An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women Barlow, Jane Dawe, Sharon Coe, Chris Harnett, Paul Br J Soc Work Articles The developmental needs of infants during the first year of life have been emphasised by recent research from a variety of sources highlighting the crucial role that early parent–infant interaction plays. Infants identified as being at significant risk of maltreatment need adequate protection within a time frame consistent with their developmental needs. This briefing paper describes a new care pathway established within a UK-based social care team, which aims to provide early identification, intensive support, timely assessment and decision making for a group of highly vulnerable, pregnant women, their partners and their infants. The pathway of care is described and a case study is presented to illustrate this care pathway. A mother is referred at eighteen weeks of pregnancy and supported post birth for six months. The combination of supporting structured professional judgement by the inclusion of standardised tools and training in a programme specifically developed for high-risk families suggests that this pre-birth risk-assessment process warrants further evaluation. Oxford University Press 2016-06 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4986086/ /pubmed/27559208 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu150 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved. |
spellingShingle | Articles Barlow, Jane Dawe, Sharon Coe, Chris Harnett, Paul An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title | An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title_full | An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title_fullStr | An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title_full_unstemmed | An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title_short | An Evidence-Based, Pre-Birth Assessment Pathway for Vulnerable Pregnant Women |
title_sort | evidence-based, pre-birth assessment pathway for vulnerable pregnant women |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27559208 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu150 |
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