Adultification: risk factors, harmful effects and implications for nursing practice.

Hayward, Melanie and Critcher, Julie (2023) Adultification: risk factors, harmful effects and implications for nursing practice. Nursing children and young people. 10.7748/ncyp.2023.e1488. ISSN 2046-2344

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Abstract

Adultification, whereby children and young people are perceived as older or more mature than they actually are, disproportionately affects those from minority ethnic backgrounds. It can also occur in other contexts, for example when children and young people are placed in a position of adult responsibility. Nurses have a duty to support and protect children and young people, which includes protecting them from adultification and the negative effects it can have on health and well-being. This article discusses strategies nurses can use to prevent adultification - such as developing awareness, avoiding adultifying language and listening to children and young people - and actions to take when suspecting adultification from colleagues. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.]

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router ** History: accepted 16-05-2023.
Keywords:	patient experience, patients, adolescents, safeguarding, child development, child health, professional, clinical, child protection, health promotion
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Router
Depositing User:	JISC Router
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2023 10:11
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2023 10:11
URI:	https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18799

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