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Bullying is both behaviour and impact. It involves both the actions someone takes and the effects those actions have on you, affecting your sense of safety and self-control. Bullying can occur both face-to-face and online. These actions can cause physical or emotional harm. Even if the behaviour is not repeated, the fear or worry that it might happen again can be very real.

Background:
Administrative child welfare data are used to generate evidence about child maltreatment, out-of-home care, and child and family wellbeing and to inform public health interventions and policy. The digitization and widespread use of these data raise questions about how to leverage their advantages in an ethical manner. A systematic approach to understanding of ethical dimensions of using child welfare data is needed to mitigate privacy risks and promote collective benefits.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to identify ethical considerations, challenges, and strategies related to the development of child welfare data systems and their use for public health surveillance.
Methods:
We conducted an exploratory qualitive study. Participants were experts with a professional role in the development and use of administrative data from the child welfare sector. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview data.
Findings:
The analysis revealed several themes related to the ethical use of child welfare data:
(1) biased data;
(2) missing data;
(3) safeguarding data;
(4) stakeholder engagement and data governance;
(5) transparency;
(6) minimizing data elements; and
(7) mandate for consistent data collection.
These considerations and challenges were discussed in relation to strategies used to mitigate risks.
Conclusions:
Administrative data from the child welfare sector are a valuable resource for governments and researchers. Ethical considerations and mitigation strategies for challenges can help promote the collective benefits of using these data to prevent child maltreatment through a public health approach.

Students will learn about online privacy and the importance of keeping personal information safe while using the internet. They will understand the concept of personal information and the potential risks of sharing it online. Students will explore safe and unsafe online behaviours, comparing them to playground behaviours, and develop an understanding of actions to take when encountering uncomfortable situations online. Trusted adults play a crucial role in guiding and supporting students, encouraging them to seek help whenever necessary.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Family Violence Epidemiology Section is collaborating with the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) The purpose of this collaboration is to: Increase knowledge about the ethical considerations of using administrative data from the child welfare sector  Support PHAC’s ongoing efforts to: improve the ethical use of administrative data; increase trust in national child welfare data; and become a more effective data steward Highlight relevance of this work globally

All caregivers have a responsibility to protect and care for children. First responders are heroes (who don’t wear capes) and are able to reach out with their insights and skills to provide comfort and to help soothe the child’s pain and confusion. First responders may include community workers or leaders, nurses, child and youth care workers, teachers, social workers, paramedics and police officers. This guide is divided into sections. It talks about the need to care for yourself so you can care for others. It discusses trauma – what it is, how it affects us and children – and provides information about how trauma affects children in various stages of development. The guide shares information on Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children. It tells you what needs to be reported and to whom. As a bonus, there is a short section about personal reflections and a list of resources about PFA you might find interesting.

INSPIRE, is a global framework of seven interlinked and mutually reinforcing strategies for a holistic, evidence-supported, multi-sectoral commitment to ensuring that children can achieve their full potential free from violence. The acronym focuses on implementation and enforcement of laws, norms and values, safe environment, parent and care giver support, income and economic strengthening, response and support services and education and life skills as a viable and sustainable approaches to ending violence against children. The tool was assembled through collaborative efforts of up to 10 global agencies including World Health Organization, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Pan American Health Organization, PEPFAR, and Together for Girls, UNICEF, USAID, The World Bank, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -UNDOC. The National Association of Social Workers of Uganda (NASWU) in recognition that social workers are the frontline workforce in matters of violence Against Children, has trained and equipped her executive and management team with knowledge on INSPIRE package and its contextual application in social work practice settings.

This project present how to involve children and young people in decisions and encourage them to express their needs and participate in the decision-making process to develop a quality intervention. By describing the different aspects of projects involving a participatory approach, it shows how giving voice to children and young people unlocked new perspectives regarding the Hungarian child protection system

Objective Since suicidality risk factors in adolescents and young people have been identified primarily in HIC, these risk factors mainly encompass mental health problems and ACEs, and few studies have reported these issues in LMIC. Therefore, this study aims to determine the relationship between symptoms of mental health problems and ACEs with suicidal behavior in Mexican adolescents.

Childhood trauma is known to be associated with negative mental health outcomes • Research shows that medical students suffer from higher rates of negative mental health outcomes while in medical school • Research on how childhood trauma impacts medical students is limited

This work proposes a machine learning approach to predict the popularity of an NGO’s post on social media networks based solely on the characteristics of the published images and uses explainability methods to evaluate the most important predictors.