Christopher Sweeney

• Master of Public Health
• Clinical Academic Fellow/PhD student at University of Edinburgh

Christopher Sweeney, health visitor, and public health lecturer William Spence used mixed methods research to explore the views of Glasgow parents on the proposed Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill in order to inform the work of health visitors and other professionals working with families. Key terms: smacking, corporal punis...

Trauma-informed care is not an intervention to 'cure' those who have experienced trauma. Instead, it is a shift towards recognizing the prevalence of trauma, and asks us to consider how to better support those who have had traumatic experiences. Such an approach has been termed 'taking a trauma-informed lens.' Here, Sweeney identifies five key prin...

The article presents the responses of health visitor Christopher Sweeney and community nursery nurse Sabrina Purse on how going to the Unite-Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA) Annual Professional Conference in 2019 will benefit them. Sweeney cites his presentation at the 2018 event which gave him confidence to seek publ...

The article discusses parental views on the proposed Children (Equal Protection from Assault) Bill in Scotland that has no justifiable assault defence in 2019. Topics covered include the reduction of violence toward children by a smacking ban, parents' use of smacking as a result of frustration or anger, and the view that parental rights are paramo...

The article features Chris Sweeney, a health visitor (HV) from Glasgow, Scotland who is on his third assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières, as the nursing activity manager in Ethiopia. Topics discussed include his job responsibility, the best aspect of his job, and his proudest achievement.

This poster was presented at the Community Practitioner and Health Visitor Association Conference 2018. This poster summarises research which was published in May 2019 and can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/CP_research_sweeney Key terms: smacking, corporal punishment, physical punishment, children, equal protection from assault, parent, Scotland...