CHILDREN’S VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES
Child-friendly health care: the views and experiences of children and young people in Council of Europe member States.
URSULA KILKELLY, 2011.
The findings of the survey show how important is the child-friendly nature of the health care setting to children across Council of Europe member States. The survey also provides a useful indication of how valuable children’s perspectives are on their health care, and on the development and delivery of health care services; yet as the survey shows, children are rarely consulted or asked their views on these important matters.
GUIDELINES ON CHILD-FRIENDLY HEALTH CARE – COUNCIL OF EUROPE
ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2011
The guidelines on child-friendly health care propose an integrated approach to the development of the full range of child health care activities. This approach places children’s rights, needs and resources at the centre of health care activities, taking into account their family and social environment. It promotes policies to deliver child-oriented services based on child-specific developmental needs and evolving capacities, ensuring children’s participation at every level of decision making, in accordance with their age and degree of maturity.
