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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.

Needs Assessment

Your search returns 17 documents

• 1.   A validated clinical model to predict the need for admission and length of stay in children with acute bronchiolitis

  This study aimed to develop and validate a logistic regression model to predict need for admission and length of hospital stay in children presenting to the Emergency Department with bronchiolitis

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a logistic regression model to predict need for admission and length of hospital stay in children presenting to the Emergency Department with bronchiolitis. SETTING: Two children's hospitals in Dublin, Ireland. METHODS: We reviewed 118 episodes of bronchiolitis in 99 children admitted from the Emergency Department. Those discharged within 24 h by a more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - a logistic regression model to predict need for admission

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Eur J Emerg Med, Vol: 11 Page: 265-72 October 2004
  P. Walsh; S. J. Rothenberg; S. O'Doherty; H. Hoey; R. Healy

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• 2.   Assessing services, supports and costs for young families under stress

  The aim of this study was to examined the practical feasibility of a methodology for collecting service use data and other information on families

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Despite the attention paid to family support services in legislation and guidance, there is still relatively little evidence on which to base the development of effective services, and even less on the costs and cost-effectiveness of different models of support. METHODS: The study designed and examined the practical feasibility of a methodology for collecting service use more...

  International Classification:

  Economic - Health service provision-service use data

  Categories:

  collecting service use data

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child Care Health Dev, Vol: 32 Page: 101-10 January 2006
  M. Sleed; J. Beecham; M. Knapp; C. McAuley; N. McCurry

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• 3.   Community children's nursing services in Wales: will the NSF make a difference?

  This article discusses the 2006 edition of the RCN Community Children's Nursing Directory - which lists 239 services

  

  Abstract:

  The 2006 edition of the RCN Community Children's Nursing Directory lists 239 services--16 of which are based in Wales, 12 in Northern Ireland, two in the Channel Islands, one in the Isle of Man, 23 in Scotland and 185 in England. This listing highlights the continued development and expansion of services across the UK, as well as the further developments that are needed to ensure equity more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Paediatr Nurs, Vol: 19 Page: 22-4 February 2007
  E. Z. Maunder

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• 4.   Education for asthma care: lessons from Ireland

  This article discusses a professional development module designed to meet the education needs of nurses caring for children with asthma and their families

  

  Abstract:

  Despite the increase in prevalence of asthma among children and the importance of appropriate professional training in asthma management, no programme of study in children's asthma care was available to nurses in Ireland. A professional development module was designed to meet the education needs of nurses caring for children with asthma and their families. The module has theoretical and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Paediatr Nurs, Vol: 19 Page: 34-6 September 2007
  M. Clynes; C. Barron; C. Imelda

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• 5.   General paediatric surgery in Ireland: a crisis in evolution

  This case report discusses the journey of one child in getting hospital treatment and broadens to discuses general paediatric surgery in Ireland

  

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  the journey to hospital

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir J Med Sci, Vol: 176 Page: 249-51 December 2007
  D. N. Coakley; P. A. Grace

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• 6.   Inequalities in access to education and healthcare

  This article discusses the burden of disease as borne by those who suffer as patients but also by society at large, including health service providers

  

  Abstract:

  The burden of disease is borne by those who suffer as patients but also by society at large, including health service providers. That burden is felt most severely in parts of the world where there is no infrastructure, or foreseeable prospects of any, to change the status quo without external support. Poverty, disease and inequality pervade all the activities of daily living in more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Eur J Dent Educ, Vol: 12 Suppl 1 Page: 30-9 February 2008
  J. Nunn; R. Freeman; E. Anderson; L. C. Carneiro; M. S. Carneiro; A. Formicola; R. Frezel; J. Kayitenkore; C. Luhanga; G. Molina; I. Morio; N. O. Nartey; P. I. Ngom; M. F. de Lima Navarro; A. Segura; S. Oliver; S. Thompson; M. Wandera; N. Yazdanie

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• 7.   Inequalities in health: evaluation and effectiveness in practice... four research case studies

  This case report discusses inequalities in health

  

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  health inequalities

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  International Journal of Nursing Practice, Vol: 7 Page: 383-391 2001
  A. Lazenbatt; J. Orr; E. O'Neill

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• 8.   Information needs of parents about learning disabilities

  The aim of this study was to examine the information needs of parents, the person approached to gain this information and the means undertaken to do so, to learn about disabilities

  

  Abstract:

  A survey or over 400 parents and carers of children and adults with severe learning disabilities was undertaken in N. Ireland. The aim was to identify the persons approached by the parents, the information required and the means used. The data are relevant to the setting up of national information centres as proposed by the government. The most common informants were social workers, more...

  International Classification:

  Disabilities - information needs of parent

  Categories:

  information needs of parents; disabilities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol: 7 Page: 211-219 2003
  Roy McConkey

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• 9.   'Maps and Charts in Planning Family Support': The Development of Children's Services Planning in Northern Ireland

  This article considers how 'cross-cutting' Children's Services Planning has developed and explores the emerging shift from historically based planning to planning based on needs assessment, of children in need

  

  Abstract:

  This paper considers how 'cross-cutting' Children's Services Planning has developed in Northern Ireland, and explores the emerging shift from historically based planning to planning based on needs assessment, driven by the emphasis on holistic understanding of children in Need. Core elements include the development of interagency databases to capture need and supply of services at a more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 199-212 2003
  Eamon McTernan

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• 10.   Morbidity, mortality, and response to treatment by children in the United Kingdom and Ireland with perinatally acquired HIV infection during 1996-2006: planning for teenage and adult care

  The aim of this study was to examine temporal changes in the morbidity and mortality persons with perinatally acquired HIV infection, many of whom are now adolescents.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that decreases in morbidity and mortality in cohorts of adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are showing signs of reversal. We describe changes over time in these characteristics and in the response to treatment among children in the United Kingdom and Ireland with perinatally acquired HIV infection, many of whom are now more...

  International Classification:

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

  Categories:

  perinatally acquired HIV infection

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Clin Infect Dis, Vol: 45 Page: 918-24 October 2007
  A. Judd; K. Doerholt; P. A. Tookey; M. Sharland; A. Riordan; E. Menson; V. Novelli; E. G. Lyall; J. Masters; G. Tudor-Williams; T. Duong; D. M. Gibb

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• 11.   Orthodontic report criticised

  This article discusses criticism of an orthodontic report

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Ir Dent Assoc, Vol: 51 Page: 102-3 2005 Autumn

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• 12.   Participatory nurse/client relationships: perceptions of public health nurses and mothers of vulnerable families

  The aim of this study was to determine similarities in perceptions on participation between nurses and mothers of vulnerable families

  

  Abstract:

  Public health nurses (PHNs) in Ireland are involved with all children and their families for health screening and health education. Nurse/client relationships with vulnerable families are important, yet there is evidence that they are not participatory. Participation in the context of this study implied PHN/client consensus in relation to the needs identified and provided, in more...

  International Classification:

  Other - vulnerable families

  Categories:

  perceptions on participation; vulnerable families

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Appl Nurs Res, Vol: 21 Page: 169-72 August 2008
  H. Mulcahy; G. McCarthy

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• 13.   Quality in preventive and health-promoting services: constructing an understanding through process

  This study aimed to explore the development of a model of service quality for health-promoting services

  

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - service quality health-promoting services

  Categories:

  service quality health-promoting services

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Nursing Management, Vol: 14 Page: 472-482 2006
  S. Hanafin; S. Cowley

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• 14.   Supporting the family carers of vulnerable, fragile babies and young children

  This abstract reports on a qualitative study of 17 mothers caring for a vulnerable, fragile baby or young child requiring significantly high levels of care and attention

  

  Abstract:

  Service providers increasingly elicit family responses and suggestions for service development, thus acknowledging the unique expertise that these families have on the needs of their child with disability and on the needs of their family as a whole. A qualitative study was conducted of 17 mothers caring for a vulnerable, fragile baby or young child requiring significantly high levels of more...

  Categories:

  mothers; vulnerable children

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol: 44 Page: 437-437 2000
  B. Redmond; A. Bowen

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• 15.   The Characteristics of Children with a Disability Looked After away from Home and their Future Service Needs

  The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of children with disabilities who meet the British legal definition of 'looked after' children

  

  Abstract:

  Little is known about the characteristics of children with disabilities who meet the British legal definition of 'looked after' children. Data were obtained on 108 such children living within one geographical area in Northern Ireland and who spent 90 days or more in a 12-month period living away from the family home. However, this figure may under-estimate the numbers, given the more...

  International Classification:

  Disabilities - non specific

  Categories:

  disabilities

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  British Journal of Social Work, Vol: 34 Page: 561-576 2004
  Roy McConkey; Theresa Nixon; Elizabeth Donaghy; Donna Mulhern

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• 16.   The oral health of children with Down syndrome in Ireland

  The aim of this study was to describe the oral health of children with Down syndrome in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  The authors investigated the oral health of a convenience sample of 71 children with Down syndrome. The study group had a lower caries prevalence but similar levels of unmet treatment needs as children at special and mainstream schools. Treatment experience varied with age: 5-year-olds had more extractions and fewer restorations, and 15-year olds had fewer extractions and more more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified - Down syndrome

  Categories:

  Down syndrome

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Spec Care Dentist, Vol: 24 Page: 55-60 2004 Mar-Apr
  C. Bradley; T. McAlister

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• 17.   Water fluoridation: safe and effective

  This article discusses safety of water fluoridation

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 93 Page: 261 December 2000
  P. Fleming; J. Mullen

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