Category: ISSOP Position statements

Migrant Child Health – ISSOP Position statement n° 8 Prepared by ISSOP Migration Working Group on behalf of ISSOPISSOP Migration Working Group members: Anna Battersby, Helga Guðmundsdóttir, Yvon Heller, Anders Hjern, Fabienne Jäger, Elsa Hrund Jensdottir, Ayesha Kadir, Zsuzsanna Kovács, Rosina Kyeremateng Luis Martin, Jean‐Claude Métraux, Barbara Rubio, Erika Sievers, Stella Tsitoura, Liv Lyngå von Folsach. Published on ISSOP website in February 2017. This position paper from the International society for social pediatrics and child health (ISSOP) ISSOP has 9 recommendations for action and attitudes towards migrant children who, irrespective of their legal status, are entitled to health care of the same standard provided to children in the resident population, as stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Please quote as: ISSOP Migration Working Group. Migrant child health – ISSOP Position statement n° 8 [Internet]. ISSOP; 2017 [cited 30th January 2017]. Available on:...

A Global Agenda for Social Pediatrics and Child Health. Translating the Sustainable Development Goals and Child Rights into Practice  – ISSOP Position statement n° 7 Prepared by Sherry Shenoda, Rita Nathawad, Nick Spencer, Raul Mercer and Jeffrey Goldhagen on behalf of ISSOP. Published on ISSOP website in July 2016. This position paper from the International society for social pediatrics and child health (ISSOP) ISSOP proposes a 10 items Global Agenda, developed in the context of the SDGs and a child rights-based approach to health, as a framework and strategy to structure and operationalize social pediatrics practice. It establishes pediatricians as child advocates working in the domains of clinical care, systems development and the generation of public policy.   Please quote as: Shenoda S, Nathawad R, Spencer N, Mercer R and Goldhagen J. A Global Agenda for Social Pediatrics and Child Health. Translating the Sustainable Development Goals and Child Rights into Practice  – ISSOP Position statement n° 7 [Internet]. ISSOP; 2016 [cited 27th July 2016]. Available on:...

Impact of austerity on child health and well being – ISSOP Position statement n° 6 Prepared by Nick Spencer, Luis Rajmil, David Taylor-Robinson, Takis Panagiotopoulos on behalf of ISSOP and endorsed by ISSOP Core Executive. Published on ISSOP website in August 2015. This position paper from the International society for social pediatrics and child health (ISSOP) summarises the impact of austerity on child health and well being and provides recommandations for Governments, for Paediatricians and for National and International Paediatric Associations.   Please quote as: Spencer N, Rajmil L, Taylor-Robinson D, Panagiotopoulos T. ISSOP Position Statement on the impact of austerity on child health and well being [Internet]. ISSOP; 2015 [cité 15 août 2015]. Available on:...

Child Rights and Health Care Prepared by Tony Waterston and Gonca Yilmaz with the contribution of several ISSOP members & endorsed by ISSOP Core Executive. Published in Child: Care, Health and Development in Jan 2014 (click here) with a comment from Elsbeth Webb (click here) and on ISSOP website in May 2014.   And additional document prepared by Elsbeth Webb has been added on 2/7/2014: Webb2014_ISSOP Position statement on the UNCRC 2 – additional evidence and practical application.pdf   It shows why and how pediatricians and associations can contribute to children wellbeing by better understanding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is related to their daily work and recommend specific actions for governments, individual paediatricians and National Paediatric Associations. “Key messages: • There is limited understanding by paediatricians about CR and little systematic training on how paediatricians can support CR in the clinical setting. • There is a lack of research and academic writing on the practice of CR in health settings. • Paediatricians should be aware of the content of the UNCRC and adopt it as grounding for their practice. • National Paediatric Associations should develop a strategy to promote child rights through training, research, health policy development and...

Sponsorship of paediatricians/paediatric societies by the Baby Feeding Industry Prepared by Tony Waterston with the contribution of several members & endorsed by ISSOP Core Executive. Published on ISSOP website in April 2014. It reviews the impact on professional practice of sponsorship by the Baby Feeding Industry* of medical conferences and meetings, along with gifts to health workers. And proposes three action points. *The term Baby Feeding Industry refers to all commercial companies which market infant formula or other infant feeding products....