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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.

Public Health Informatics

Your search returns 3 documents

• 1.   Psychosocial wellbeing and psychiatric care in the European Communities: analysis of macro indicators

  The aim of this study was to review macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: This paper reports the findings of an analytical comparison of several macro indicators collected routinely from institutional sources in Europe. METHODS: We carried out a review of macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries. These were collected routinely from sources more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - mental health status

  Categories:

  mental health status; psychiatric care

  Geography:

  International

  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, Vol: 39 Page: 883-92 November 2004
  M. G. Carta; V. Kovess; M. C. Hardoy; T. Brugha; T. Fryers; V. Lehtinen; M. Xavier

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• 2.   The Millennium Cohort Study

  This article discusses the "The Millennium Cohort Study"

  

  Abstract:

  The Millennium Cohort Study is the latest in the line of British birth cohort studies. MCS resembles its predecessors which follow people born in 1946, 1958 and 1970 in the intention to become multi-purpose longitudinal data resource charting many aspects of individual's lives over time. The families of a sample of around 20,000 babies are being interviewed during 2001-02, when eligible more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Popul Trends, 2002 Spring
  K. Smith; H. Joshi

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• 3.   The use of primary/national school absenteeism as a proxy retrospective child health status measure in an environmental pollution investigation

  The aim of this study was to examine annual primary/national school attendance data over a 10 year period as a proxy health status measure

  

  Abstract:

  As a result of community concerns over animal and human ill health centred around a rural town in the Republic of Ireland, a series of epidemiological studies were conducted. The absence of adequate health-information systems forced researchers to investigate alternative methods of assessing child health in the 'at-risk' area. This study aimed to examine annual primary/national school more...

  International Classification:

  Other - Health status measure

  Categories:

  health status measure

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health, Vol: 117 Page: 417-23 November 2003
  F. Houghton; M. Gleeson; K. Kelleher

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