Table 4 Initiatives involving use of data
Study | Setting | Professionals involved | Type of initiative | Type of evaluation | Findings related to awareness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arai 2015 [33] | NHS in England | Multiple groups Interview subjects included service managers; health visitor; safeguarding nurse; consultant paediatricians; and an administrator | Guidelines to follow up non-attendance | Cross-sectional (mapping and interviews) | Better use of non-attendance data could improve awareness of safeguarding concerns |
Kirby 2019 [34] | Community dental service in Sheffield | Dental team members | Pathway to follow up children’s missed dental appointments | Retrospective service evaluation and interviews | Missed appointments could indicate neglect, possible need to share information for safeguarding |
McGough 2006 [35] | Integrated sexual health service in Glasgow | Multidisciplinary team Staff providing sexual and reproductive health service at a centre that also provides counselling, information and support services. | Recording of data from consultations with clients aged under 16 | Case series | Answers to some questions may raise awareness of child protection issues |
McGovern 2015 [36] | Eleven general practices in England | GPs | Coding to improve recording of child maltreatment concerns | Before/after (audit) | Improved recording could improve data sharing and identification of children at risk |
Mitchell 2019 [37] | Seven hospitals in East Anglia | Paediatricians | Assessment of children with fractures in the ED for risk of physical abuse | Cross-sectional | Detection of possible abuse could be improved by reducing variation in referral to paediatric assessment |
Nuttall 2020 [38] | Emergency departments in Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester | ED staff and health visitors | Potential sharing of HV records with ED staff | Prospective, cross-sectional | Data sharing could increase awareness of risk factors in the ED |