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Intervening in primary care against childhood bullying : an increasingly pressing public health need

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Dale, Jeremy, Russell, Rachel and Wolke, Dieter (2014) Intervening in primary care against childhood bullying : an increasingly pressing public health need. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 107 (Number 6). pp. 219-223. doi:10.1177/0141076814525071 ISSN 0141-0768.

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Abstract

Childhood bullying is a major risk factor for physical and mental health, educational attainment and social relationships. Epidemiological evidence has highlighted that its adverse consequences continue into adulthood leading to substantial health and wider societal costs. With the advent of cyber bullying, childhood bullying is increasingly pervasive. Children can now be reached and subjected to systematic peer abuse at all times. Given the limited impact of school-based initiatives, there is increasing interest in developing the role of primary care services to support the early identification and response to childhood bullying, but evidence-based interventions are lacking.

This paper considers the scale and health-related consequences of childhood bullying. It argues the need for greater awareness and responsiveness in primary care as part of a community-wide, integrated approach to stemming its harmful effects. Primary care is well-placed to identify affected children, provide support to children and their parents to help improve coping skills and mitigate the effects of bullying, where necessary making referrals to appropriate agencies for associated physical and mental health problems. However, evidence-based guidance on how best to achieve this is lacking. Effective interventions that can be delivered in primary care to identify affected children and intervene to minimise the consequences of being bullied are needed, and this paper suggests a number of research questions that need to be addressed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Bullying, Primary care (Medicine)
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
ISSN: 0141-0768
Official Date: 18 March 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
9 June 2014Available
18 March 2014Published
Volume: Volume 107
Number: Number 6
Page Range: pp. 219-223
DOI: 10.1177/0141076814525071
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 27 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 27 December 2015
Contributors:
ContributionNameContributor ID
OtherWinsper, Catherine UNSPECIFIED
OtherHipwell, Alison63811

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