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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

Database Search

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.

Narratives

Your search returns 3 documents

• 1.   First-time mothers -- identifying their needs, perceptions and experiences [corrected] [published erratum appears in J CLIN NURS 2003 Sep;12(5):790]

  The aim of this study was to identify needs, perceptions and experiences of first-time mothers in the postnatal period

  

  Abstract:

  * The aim of this research was to identify needs, perceptions and experiences of first-time mothers in the postnatal period. * Data were collected through focus groups and in-depth interviews from a sample of 13 women, 61% were aged 20 years or less, from an urban city area in Southern Ireland. Through content analysis, key themes were identified relating to birth and hospitalization, more...

  International Classification:

  Focus groups - attitudes, needs, perceptions-first time mothers

  Categories:

  first-time mothers

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol: 12 Page: 260-267 2003
  C. Cronin

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• 2.   The child's autobiographical self: A developmental linguistic investigation

  This article discusses a grammatical developmental analysis of the autobiographical narratives of 5-, 8-, and 12-yr olds (3 groups of 12 each)

  

  Abstract:

  Presents a grammatical developmental analysis of the autobiographical narratives of of 5-, 8-, and 12-yr olds (3 groups of 12 each). The narratives were analyzed based on a form of variation analysis, which looks at both the grammatical and the discursive shape of the stories. The grammatical analysis explored linguistic indicators of the development and construction of subjectivity and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 21 Page: 171-180 2000
  Jean Quigley

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• 3.   When trauma has no words

  Book Review: When trauma has no words

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, The unsayable: The hidden language of trauma by Annie Rogers (see record 2006-09985-000). Rogers has crafted a useful book for clinicians to assist in the treatment of trauma. Through therapy case studies, interviews with traumatized girls in Ireland, interviews with girls in a therapeutic school, and her own experiences, Rogers examines the way trauma seeps out and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Vol: 8 Page: 115-119 2007
  Cindy B. Veldhuis

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