Practicing Safety

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Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and Assess Infant Crying and Toilet Training, Enhancing Their Ability to Prevent, Identify, and Address Cases of Potential Child Abuse

Description

Practicing Safety focuses on expanding anticipatory guidance on seven “new morbidities” that, if discussed by the pediatric staff and implemented by the parent, can help to reduce child abuse and neglect.

The site offers guidance on the following:

Coping with crying
Parenting
Safety in other's care
Family environment
Effective discipline
Sleeping and eating
Toilet training

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www2.aap.org/sections/scan/practicingsafety/

Developer

American Academy of Pediatrics

Funding Sources

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

QualityTool Topic

Patient/Medication safety

History

Release Date: 01/2006
Original Summary: 05/2009

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QualityTool Classification

Patient Population:

Children

Stage of Care:

Preventive care

Primary care

Patient Care Process:

Counseling, advising

Improving patient self-management

Patient education

Primary care

Primary prevention