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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.

Physician-Patient Relations

Your search returns 4 documents

• 1.   Informed consent: a patients' perspective

  The aim of this study was to examine informed consent from a patients perspective

  

  Abstract:

  The medico-legal issues surrounding informed consent are highly topical and contentious. Current attitudes to consent emphasize the high level of 'good medical practice' expected by a 'reasonable patient/parent'. The authors' objectives were to assess the levels of knowledge and information expected by patients and parents, prior to signing consent forms for a surgical procedure. Each more...

  International Classification:

  Other - consent

  Categories:

  Informed consent

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Laryngol Otol, Vol: 119 Page: 19-22 January 2005
  P. Burns; I. Keogh; C. Timon

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• 2.   Low immunisation uptake: is the process the problem?

  This study examines mothers satisfaction with the process of immunisation and its possible contribution to suboptimal immunisation uptake

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine mothers' satisfaction with the process of immunisation and its possible contribution to suboptimal immunisation uptake. DESIGN: In depth interviews with mothers. SETTING: Two Community Care Areas, Dublin city, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: In depth interviews of 23 mothers of children 1-2 years old, recruited purposively from a birth cohort born in 1994. MAIN RESULTS: more...

  International Classification:

  Vaccination

  Categories:

  immunisation satisfaction

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Epidemiol Community Health, Vol: 54 Page: 394-400 May 2000
  P. M. Harrington; C. Woodman; W. F. Shannon

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• 3.   National guideline for the management of suspected sexually transmitted infections in children and young people

  This article discusses a life history approach to community rules preventing reoffending by child sex abusers

  

  Abstract:

  The Children Act 1989 defines a child as "a person who has not yet reached 18 years of age." In England, Wales, and Scotland the present age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex is 16 years and in Northern Ireland it is 17 years. The proportion of young people who report heterosexual intercourse before the age of 16 years increased in the 1990s compared with the more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Arch Dis Child, Vol: 88 Page: 303-11 April 2003
  A. Thomas; G. Forster; A. Robinson; K. Rogstad

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• 4.   Parent reports of the psychosocial functioning of children with cleft lip and/or palate

  The aim of this study was to determine the opinion of parents regarding the psychosocial functioning of their child with cleft lip and/or palate and to identify predictors of psychosocial functioning

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: (1) to determine the opinion of parents regarding the psychosocial functioning of their child with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP); (2) to identify predictors of psychosocial functioning; and (3) to determine the level of agreement between children with CLP and their parents. Participants: One hundred twenty-nine parents of children with CLP and 96 parents of children without more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Cleft lip and/or palate

  Categories:

  cleft lip and/or palate; psychosocial functioning

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Cleft Palate Craniofac J, Vol: 44 Page: 304-11 May 2007
  O. Hunt; D. Burden; P. Hepper; M. Stevenson; C. Johnston

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