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Council of Europe guidelines for child friendly health care

Europarat-Leitlinien für kinderfreundliche Gesundheitsversorgung

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The “child friendly health care” guidelines [1] were recently produced by the Council of Europe (CoE) and endorsed by the ministers of 47 European nations attending the 9th Council of Europe Conference of Health Ministers in Lisbon, 29–30 September 2011. These guidelines aim to embed the values contained within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and other relevant charters in a practical model of service delivery that drives learning and improvement at all levels—from policy and planning, via service organisation and into individual clinical practice. This paper informs professionals working with children and their families about the child friendly health care approach to producing a practical outcome-orientated and requirement-driven framework that is based on the “journeys” and“pathways” that children and families experience in order to drive improvements in safety, experience and outcomes.

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Die Leitlinien zur „kinderfreundlichen Gesundheitsversorgung“ [1] wurden in letzter Zeit vom Europarat aufgestellt und durch die Minister von 47 europäischen Ländern bestätigt, die an der 9. Europaratskonferenz der Gesundheitsminister in Lissabon, 29.–30. September 2011, teilnahmen. Ziel dieser Leitlinien ist es, die Werte, die in der Kinderrechtskonvention der Vereinten Nationen (UNCRC) und anderen wichtigen Chartas enthalten sind, in ein praktisches Dienstleistungsmodell einzubinden, das Lern- und Verbesserungsprozesse auf allen Ebenen fördert – von Politik und Planung über Dienstorganisation bis zur jeweiligen klinischen Praxis. Der Beitrag informiert mit Kindern und ihren Familien arbeitende Fachleute über den kinderfreundlichen Gesundheitsversorgungsansatz, mit dem ein praktikabler, an Bedürfnissen wie an Ergebnissen orientierter Rahmen entwickelt werden soll. Dieser basiert auf den „Reisen“, die Kinder und Familien erleben, um Sicherheit, Erfahrungen und Outcome zu optimieren.

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  1. http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/pdf/Stockholm_StrategyProgramme_en.pdf

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Simon Lenton is Chairman of the British Association for Community Child Health and was Chairman of the“Committee of Experts on child-friendly health care” at the European Council (2009–2011). He is a consultant paediatrician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.

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Lenton, S., Lie, S. & Expert Committee. Council of Europe guidelines for child friendly health care. Paediatr. Paedolog. Austria 49 (Suppl 1), 9–18 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00608-014-0156-0

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