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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.

Residence Characteristics

Your search returns 9 documents

• 1.   Child coping strategies, dental anxiety and dental treatment: the influence of age, gender and childhood caries prevalence

  The aim of the study was to understand the coping strategies children employ in dealing with pain in dentistry

  

  Abstract:

  AIM: This was to investigate what coping strategies are used by children, the efficacy of these strategies and the influences of age, gender, dental anxiety, pain experience and childhood caries prevalence (place of residence) upon the efficacy of the coping strategies used by Dutch (NL) children in The Netherlands and Northern Ireland (NI). METHODS: Convenience samples of Dutch and NI more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  pain in dentistry

  Geography:

  International

  Eur J Paediatr Dent, Vol: 6 Page: 173-8 December 2005
  P. Van Meurs; K. E. Howard; J. Versloot; J. S. Veerkamp; R. Freeman

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• 2.   Childhood obesity prevention studies: lessons learned and to be learned

  This article discusses methodological issues in the design, delivery and evaluation of childhood obesity prevention programmes

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of methodological issues in the design, delivery and evaluation of childhood obesity prevention programmes. DESIGN: Review of existing literature. SETTING: International. RESULTS: Interventions have varied considerably with regard to their design, subject selection criteria, sample size, attrition rates, intervention components and duration of both the more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 9 Page: 1121-9 December 2006
  M. B. Livingstone; T. A. McCaffrey; K. L. Rennie

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• 3.   General practice out-of-hours service, variations in use and equality in access to a doctor: a cross-sectional study

  The aim of this study was to examine geographical variation in the rates of out-of-hours calls and to see if there is any systematic variation in how the co-operative that covers the area responds to calls

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: There is increasing dissatisfaction among general practitioners (GPs) with their 24 hour commitment despite the demand for GP services outside ordinary working hours. The creation of out-of-hours co-operatives has been welcomed by participating GPs and their families and patient satisfaction is generally high. However, there have been concerns about the lack of patient more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  out-of-hours medical calls

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Gen Pract, Vol: 51 Page: 625-9 August 2001
  D. O'Reilly; M. Stevenson; C. McCay; J. Jamison

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• 4.   Health visitors' awareness of local service accessibility

  This study aimed to assess study health visitors throughout the United Kingdom on their knowledge on, and the accessibility of, services to young families, in the areas in which health visitors practiced

  

  Abstract:

  This paper describes a study using a postal survey which was sent to health visitors throughout the UK to ascertain their knowledge, and the accessibility, of services used by young families in the areas in which health visitors practiced. The survey was an enhancement to the UK's most recent longitudinal birth cohort study--the Millennium Cohort Study. We studied differences in service more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - knowledge and accessibility of services to young families

  Categories:

  knowledge and accessibility of services to young families

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Pract, Vol: 79 Page: 84-8 March 2006
  A. J. Brassett-Harknett; H. Joshi; N. Butier; R. Bryar

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• 5.   Regional differences in overweight: an effect of people or place?

  The aim of the study was to examine the United Kingdom country and English regional differences in childhood overweight (including obesity) at 3 years and determine whether any differences persist after adjustment for individual risk factors

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine UK country and English regional differences in childhood overweight (including obesity) at 3 years and determine whether any differences persist after adjustment for individual risk factors. DESIGN: Nationally representative prospective study. SETTING: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: 13 194 singleton children from the UK Millennium more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease - Obesity and other hyperalimentation - obesity

  Categories:

  overweight; obesity

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Arch Dis Child, Vol: 93 Page: 407-13 May 2008
  S. S. Hawkins; L. J. Griffiths; T. J. Cole; C. Dezateux; C. Law

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• 6.   Symbolic violence and the neighbourhood: the educational aspirations of 7-8 year old working-class girls

  The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of 7-8 year old working-class girls in Belfast, Northern Ireland and their attitudes towards education.

  

  Abstract:

  This article focuses on the experiences of 7-8 year old working-class girls in Belfast, Northern Ireland and their attitudes towards education. It shows how their emerging identities tend to emphasize relationships, marriage and motherhood at the expense of a concern with education and future careers. The article suggests that one important factor that can help explain this is the more...

  International Classification:

  Education

  Categories:

  attitudes towards education

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Sociol, Vol: 55 Page: 511-29 December 2004
  P. Connolly; J. Healy

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• 7.   The dental caries experience of 14-year-old children in the United Kingdom. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 1998/99

  The aim of this study was to examine standardised clinical caries examinations of 121.550 14-year-old children

  

  Abstract:

  DESIGN: This paper reports the results of standardised clinical caries examinations of 121.550 14-year-old children from across the United Kingdom, Jersey and the Isle of Man. These 1998/99 coordinated surveys are the latest in a series which seeks to monitor the dental health of children and to assess the delivery of dental services. METHOD: The criteria and conventions of the British more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  dental caries

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Community Dent Health, Vol: 17 Page: 48-53 March 2000
  N. B. Pitts; D. J. Evans; Z. J. Nugent

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• 8.   The removal of patients who live outside the practice boundary: a study of outside-area removals in Northern Ireland in 2001-2002

  The aim of this study was to examine removals from general practice registration

  

  Abstract:

  It has been suggested that there are significant overlaps between removals due to deregistration and removals arising because patients live outside the practice area. If this is true, it would mean that the current estimates of deregistration would need to be revised upwards. All outside-area removals for the calendar years 2001 and 2002 were reviewed and characterised by age, sex and more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  general practice registration

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Gen Pract, Vol: 55 Page: 384-6 May 2005
  D. O'Reilly; K. Steele

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• 9.   Trends in management and outcome of pregnancies in HIV-infected women in the UK and Ireland, 1990-2006

  The aim of this study was to examine the changing demographic profile of diagnosed HIV-infected pregnant women over time and trends in pregnancy outcome, uptake of interventions and mother-to-child transmission

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To describe the changing demographic profile of diagnosed HIV-infected pregnant women over time and trends in pregnancy outcome, uptake of interventions and mother-to-child transmission. DESIGN: National surveillance study. SETTING: UK and Ireland. POPULATION: Diagnosed HIV-infected pregnant women, 1990-2006. METHODS: Active surveillance of obstetric and paediatric HIV more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV

  Categories:

  HIV-infected pregnance; uptake of interventions; mother-to-child transmission of HIV

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Bjog, Vol: 115 Page: 1078-86 August 2008
  C. L. Townsend; M. Cortina-Borja; C. S. Peckham; P. A. Tookey

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