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Rights Based Standards for Children Undergoing Tests, Treatments, Examinations and Interventions

iSUPPORT: International collaborative standards to Support Paediatric Patients during clinical procedures, Reducing harm and establishing

Trust.

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We are an international group of health professionals, academics, young people, parents, child rights specialists, psychologists and youth workers who are all passionate about the health and wellbeing of children, especially when they interact with healthcare services.

Our group is made up of over 50 members from around the world (UK, Ireland, Jordan, Indonesia, Cambodia, South Africa, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, USA, Spain, Netherlands, Malawi and Korea).

We have been working together throughout 2021 and 2022 to develop standards for children and young people (aged 0-18 years) undergoing clinical procedures, based on internationally
agreed children’s rights set out by the UNCRC (1989). The standards aim to ensure that the short and long-term physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of children and young people are of central importance in any decision-making for procedures or procedural practice.

The standards have been developed through ongoing and extensive consultation within our collaborative group and with established youth and parent forums. We have also sought wider feedback, input and consensus through two rounds of international online surveys with children, young people, parents and professionals. 

The iSUPPORT standards are free to download and use.

The ISupport standards by ISUPPORT are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

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Core team members

  • Professor Lucy Bray, Professor of Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University, UK
  • Professor Bernie Carter, Professor of Children’s Nursing, Edge Hill University, UK
  • Dr Joann Kiernan, Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University / Learning Disability Consultant Nurse, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, UK
  • Ed Horowicz, Lecturer in Healthcare Law and Bioethics, Law School, University of Liverpool, UK
  • James Ridley, Senior Lecturer (Nurse Education – Learning Disability), Edge Hill University and National Restraint Reduction Network Steering Group Member, UK
  • Katie Dixon, Expert by Experience, UK

Collaborating team members

Europe
Oceania
North and South America
Asia
Africa