Development of Policy for Child Mistreatment in Healthcare

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Development of policy for child mistreatment

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Health policy for child mistreatment...........................................................................................................4
Phases for the policy development process..................................................................................................4
Phase one: Initiating the policy development process..............................................................................5
Phase two: Formulating policy................................................................................................................7
Phase three: Seeking approval and endorsement.....................................................................................9
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................11
References.................................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
At present time, the child mistreatment is a major issue for the healthcare organization. The
healthcare organizations are facing several issues in providing appropriate treatment for children.
In this concern, the report is describing the development of a healthcare program against the
child mistreatment with considering different financial and non-financial issues in treatment. The
aim of the development of care program is to support the child treatment and develop a healthy
community in the region.

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Health policy for child mistreatment
According to Kitson et al., (2013), health policy is written document to take decision, action and
plan to attain the specific healthcare goals and objective in the community. Policy is considered
as a framework which covers the issues related to delivery and of healthcare, quality of care,
access to care and health of equity. WHO (World Health Organization) explicated that a
healthcare policy it is essential for each of the healthcare organization to express the goals or
expression to improve the health of children and manage the child maltreatment to improve
health condition. A set of policies will provide guiding principles to the management to take an
appropriate decision regarding the healthcare issues in children. There are several healthcare
policies and guidelines such as Working with Children Check Policy, Interagency Management
of Children Under 14 Who are Diagnosed With a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI), Special
Referral to Child Health Services, Guidelines for Protecting Children 2015, Clinical Handover
Policy and Public Health Policy Framework to develop a healthy community and manage the
child mistreatment in Australia (Policy Frameworks, 2018). It is analyzed that the healthcare
organizations are facing several issues in treatment of children so that it is essential for the
healthcare organization to develop appropriate healthcare policies to reduce the concerns in care
services and improve the health of the children. During the development of a policy for children
healthcare, the organization must consider different elements and factors to implement an
effective healthcare policy. Each of the elements can be considered through a systematic policy
development process. A policy development process includes different phases and steps to
establish an effective policy at the workplace. These phases and steps are discussed as below that
will be used in the development of a policy for child treatment at the workplace: