ABSTRACT
La intervención en familias con menores en situación de riesgo de sufrir maltrato infantil se convierte en un ejemplo claro de la necesidad de establecer mecanismos de coordinación intersectorial en el marco sociosanitario. Los servicios de salud: atención primaria, pediatría, salud mental; los servicios sociales comunitarios, equipos de tratamiento familiar y los centros educativos, interconectan sus objetivos de trabajo para garantizar el bienestar de los menores y la mejora de la situación familiar. El presente artículo describe una actuación en base a estas directrices, pese a que no existe un protocolo aceptado y extendido en este sentido. Partimos de una familia monoparental con dos menores, en el que la madre sufre un trastorno de salud mental cuyo tratamiento no cumple. Tanto el padre de los menores como su familia utilizan este argumento para desacreditar la capacidad de cuidado de la madre, incidiendo este hecho en la autopercepción de esta y su ánimo para recuperarse. Se realizaron reuniones para poner en común la información relevante, tanto de la situación familiar general como de los menores y la madre en particular. A partir de este conocimiento, se fueron fijando los objetivos en cada ámbito profesional para desarrollar el proyecto de intervención. Este ejemplo de coordinación intersectorial pone en evidencia lo importante de su estandarización, para garantizar la atención integral de situaciones que afectan, en un principio, a personas individuales pero repercuten en todo el entorno familiar
The intervention in families with children at risk of abuse stays as a clear example of the need for intersectional coordination mechanisms within the socio-health care framework. Different health services (such as primary care, paediatrics, mental health, community and social services, family support teams and schools) create a network in order to link their main goals in the interest of ensuring children's welfare and improving families' situation. This essay aims at describing a performance based on the mentioned guidelines, even though there is no accepted and widespread protocol in this regard. We start our research with a one parent family with two children. The mother suffers from a mental health disorder and she fails to adhere to treatment. Both the father of the two children and his family took advantage of this situation to discredit the mother's capability of taking care of her children. This perception had a great impact in her self-esteem and therefore in her willingness and strength to recover. Meetings were held to share relevant information about both the family's general situation, the children's quality of life and the mother's health. Based on this information, the main goals were set in each professional field in order to develop the intervention project. This example of intersectional coordination shows the importance of its standardization for the sake of ensuring a comprehensive attention towards situations that involve initially individuals but that ends up affecting the whole family
Subject(s)
Humans , Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Intersectoral Collaboration , Social Work/organization & administrationABSTRACT
The intervention in families with children at risk of abuse stays as a clear example of the need for intersectional coordination mechanisms within the socio-health care framework. Different health services (such as primary care, paediatrics, mental health, community and social services, family support teams and schools) create a network in order to link their main goals in the interest of ensuring children's welfare and improving families situation. This essay aims at describing a performance based on the mentioned guidelines, even though there is no accepted and widespread protocol in this regard. We start our research with a one parent family with two children. The mother suffers from a mental health disorder and she fails to adhere to treatment. Both the father of the two children and his family took advantage of this situation to discredit the mother's capability of taking care of her children. This perception had a great impact in her self-esteem and therefore in her willingness and strength to recover. Meetings were held to share relevant information about both the family's general situation, the children's quality of life and the mother's health. Based on this information, the main goals were set in each professional field in order to develop the intervention project. This example of intersectional coordination shows the importance of its standardization for the sake of ensuring a comprehensive attention towards situations that involve initially individuals but that ends up affecting the whole family.
