Standards
Guiding Principles for the CFHI Standards and Supporting Criteria
They should:
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Be 'Rights' based.
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Be evidence based whenever possible.
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Respect existing state legislation.
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Be compatible with a countries health care visions and resources where at all possible.
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Co-ordinate with and/or harness any existing internal or external governmental or non-governmental efforts.
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Be acceptable to the religious and ethnic wishes of the community.
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Be in a language, and at a level of understanding, appropriate to the recipients.
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Be developed and owned jointly in each health care facility by the CFHI project members, health care workers, children and their parents/carers and families.
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Be readily and equally available to all involved.
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Link to the education of all existing types of health care workers, especially those in training.
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Define child friendly healthcare and if possible identify minimum standards.
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Be introduced by nominated "key workers" (co-ordinators) identified by the health facility within a framework of individual responsibility and accountability and with support as necessary by the project/programme team.
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Eventually be sustainable.
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Aid optimal care and care delivery, good communication at all levels and the protection of children, at same time as aiding the avoidance of unnecessary fear, suffering and anxiety.
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Promote advocacy for children at an appropriate level.
Read about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
