title: Safeguarding children: 3. Getting to grips with culture and ethnicity.
abstract: How does one define a person's cultural and ethnic identity? Moves are taking place towards common definitions; and understanding these can make health professionals' interventions more appropriate and sensitive. Nowadays a 'colour-blind' approach is seen to reinforce the white, middle-class view. We examine these issues in part three of our series on child protection.
authors.affiliation: Harrow Primary Care Trust, Harrow.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riddell-Heaney
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allott
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011822:Race Relations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012933:Social Identification; D006113:United Kingdom