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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Refugees

Your search returns 7 documents

• 1.   Child Poverty as Public Policy: Direct Provision and Asylum Seeker Children in the Republic of Ireland

  This article discusses an evaluation of the responses to asylum seeker children in Ireland from a child poverty perspective

  

  Abstract:

  This paper evaluates responses to asylum seeker children in Ireland from a child poverty perspective and from that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It draws upon research undertaken in early 2001 on behalf of the Irish Refugee Council among asylum seeker families with children in Cork, Limerick and Ennis on their experiences of poverty and social exclusion. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 241-251 2004
  Bryan Fanning; Angela Veale

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• 2.   Encouraging voices: Listening to young people who have been marginalised

  This study explores a group of young people from marginalised communities, including those with disabilities, from refugee families or from ethnic minorities examining their experiences on inclusion and exclusion from education facilities

  

  Abstract:

  When provided with an opportunity to reflect upon their experiences of education, young people can often offer insights into those procedures and actions which have either supported or inhibited learning. In this article Richard Rose and Michael Shevlin describe how a team of researchers came together with a group of young people from marginalised communities, including those with more...

  International Classification:

  Education

  Categories:

  experiences on inclusion in education of ethic minorities

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Support for Learning, Vol: 19 Page: 155-160 2004
  Richard Rose; Michael Shevlin

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• 3.   News in brief

  This article discusses adoption and child abuse around the United Kingdom

  

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Care, 2006

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• 4.   Obstetric profiles and pregnancy outcomes of immigrant women with refugee status

  The aim of this study was to describe the obstetric profiles and pregnancy outcome of immigrant women with refugee status

  

  Abstract:

  This paper describes the obstetric profiles and pregnancy outcome of immigrant women with refugee status. A retrospective analysis of two hundred and seventy one immigrant women with confirmed refugee status who delivered in our hospital between June 1999 and May 2000 was performed. The average gestational age at booking was 33 weeks. The majority (63%) were multiparous, had low rates more...

  International Classification:

  Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - pregnant immigrant women with refugee status

  Categories:

  pregnant immigrant women with refugee status

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 94 Page: 79-80 March 2001
  S. Lalchandani; K. MacQuillan; O. Sheil

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• 5.   Responses of the social work profession to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the Republic of Ireland

  This article discusses the provision of social work services to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Ireland and considers the wider implications for the development of the social work profession and social work practices

  

  Abstract:

  The Republic of Ireland is rapidly developing immigration legislation and policies to respond to its relatively new status as a destination for asylum seekers and refugees within the European Union. New political definitions of asylum seekers and refugees are being constructed in a country with its own history of mass emigration. At the same time, the economic growth that is making more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  European Journal of Social Work, Vol: 5 Page: 187-198 2002
  Alastair Christie

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• 6.   Review of War, conflict, play

  Book Review: War, conflict, play by T. Hyder (2005). Working with war-affected refugee and asylum seeker children poses special challenges to early education practitioners as a result of the cultural differences, upheaval and trauma that children and

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, War, conflict, play by T. Hyder (2005). Working with war-affected refugee and asylum seeker children poses special challenges to early education practitioners as a result of the cultural differences, upheaval and trauma that children and parents have experienced. The book begins by outlining theories of child development and play. It reports research findings from more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  International Journal of Early Years Education, Vol: 13 Page: 305-307 2005
  Angela Veale

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• 7.   Unsettling the 'social' in social work: Responses to asylum seeking children in Ireland

  This article discusses the responses of the social work profession to children seeking asylum in the Republic of Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The social context in which social work is located is becoming increasingly unsettled by emerging patterns of mobility. Mobility is constrained for many social work service users who are trapped within disadvantaged areas, while for others it has become a forced necessity to cross national boundaries and inhabit uncertain status in their nations of destination. This article discusses more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 8 Page: 223-231 2003
  Alastair Christie

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