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Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) Child Rights Curriculum for Health Professionals

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:31:20 +0000

Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) Child Rights Curriculum for Health Professionals is available at http://sites.google.com/site/seecisicccredpro/

It was developped by the International Institute for Child Rights and Development in collaboration with numerous partners including ESSOP

Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) is an international initiative to improve the well-being, development and health of children throughout the world by infusing a child rights approach in all aspects of the professional services and policy applied to children and youth. Its fundamental orientation to children’s rights is embodied in the values, principles and standards of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Consistent with the spirit and nature of the Convention, CRED-PRO’s primary goal is achieve understanding, respect and application of children’s rights as a way of professional life for all those working for and with children. Voluntary, respectful partnerships are central to CRED-PRO’s mission and values, pursued through working cooperatively with professions, higher education, civil society and government to make mutually valued advances in direct practices, community and systems programs, and advocacy influencing children’s quality of life.

Children’s Rights Curriculum for Health Professionals

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:19:28 +0000

The Children’s Rights Curriculum , published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, can be used to raise awareness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by increasing the understanding of its direct application to health and health care policy and practice, raise awareness of the relationship between public policy and the health rights of children and encourage a commitment to the development of an advocacy role related to children’s rights.

Community for Children’s Curriculum

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:17:50 +0000

Community for Children’s curriculum is intended to take the medical student or resident out of the clinic setting back into the community to discover the source of health, disease and healing within any particular community. It is also meant to foster a culture of compassion among physicians. Most of the four week elective is spent in the classroom setting, making house calls or in discussions with community advocates. Although the participants have the opportunity to work in clinics and hospitals during the four weeks, the focus of the curriculum is not clinical, but rather professional development within community.