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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.

Child Welfare

Your search returns 109 documents

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• 1.   The regulation of assisted reproduction

  This article discusses the regulation of assisted reproduction

  

  Abstract:

  Whether, and if so how, to regulate assisted reproduction continues to occupy the minds of policy makers and other commentators. Shortly after the House of Commons science and technology committee called for partial deregulation of assisted reproduction in the UK and the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in its present form, the Commission on Assisted more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol: 31 Page: 620-620 2005
  Veronica English; Rebecca Mussell; Julian Sheather; Ann Sommerville

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• 2.   'They are not looking at the cost of living': a study of income adequacy in Northern Ireland

  This article argues that the UK government has failed in its duty to guarantee 'an adequate income and resources to live in human dignity 'for all.

  

  Abstract:

  This article argues that the UK government has failed in its duty to guarantee 'an adequate income and resources to live in human dignity' (EC, 2000, p27) for all. The evidence provided is qualitative, from a study of mothers and young people in the most disadvantaged parts of Northern Ireland. Mothers, particularly those on benefits, found it very difficult to provide food and warmth. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Benefits: The Journal of Poverty & Social Justice, Vol: 15 Page: 59-68 2007

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• 3.   Transcending the fissure in risk theory: Critical realism and child welfare

  This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the objectivist and subjectivist approaches to risk and their respective contributions to social work practice with children and families.

  

  Abstract:

  Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the objectivist and subjectivist approaches to risk and their respective contributions to social work practice with children and families. Building on an earlier paper in this journal, the author tries to achieve this synthesis by applying R. Bhaskar's critical realist perspective to this contested area. The reconciliation of objectivism and more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 6 Page: 219-228 2001
  Stan Houston

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• 4.   Tuberculosis in children--a global war with a local front

  This article discusses tuberculosis in children

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: 581 October 2007
  M. N. Chroinin

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• 5.   Understanding and negotiating identity: Children from cross-community families in public care in northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the gap in knowledge of children in the public care system from cross-community families who have one parent from a Catholic background and one from a Protestant background

  

  Abstract:

  In Northern Ireland, most research on the impact upon children of living through the 'troubles' and in a divided society has assumed that children are from either the Catholic or Protestant community. There has been very little research with children from cross-community families who have one parent from a Catholic background and one from a Protestant background. It is known, however, more...

  International Classification:

  Other - religion

  Categories:

  community knowledge of diverse religious backgrounds

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 10 Page: 331-342 2005
  Berni Kelly; Ruth Sinclair

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• 6.   Unsettling the 'social' in social work: Responses to asylum seeking children in Ireland

  This article discusses the responses of the social work profession to children seeking asylum in the Republic of Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  The social context in which social work is located is becoming increasingly unsettled by emerging patterns of mobility. Mobility is constrained for many social work service users who are trapped within disadvantaged areas, while for others it has become a forced necessity to cross national boundaries and inhabit uncertain status in their nations of destination. This article discusses more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 8 Page: 223-231 2003
  Alastair Christie

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• 7.   Update on Progress in the Development of Children's Commissioners across the UK

  This article discusses an update on progress in the development of children's commissioners across Great Britain

  

  Abstract:

  Presents an update on the progress in the development of children's commissioners across Great Britain, as of January 2003. Provisions in the 1991 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child concerning the establishment of children's commissioners; Variations in the legislation that have developed in the different regions of the country. more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 9 Page: 84 2003
  Elaine McElduff; Frank Roper; Nell Warner; Donald Mac Iver

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• 8.   Using an assessment framework: outcomes from a pilot study

  The aim of this study was to examine a framework for the assessment of vulnerable children and their families in five health board areas in the Republic of Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  This article reports on the evaluation of a pilot project which tested the utility of a framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children and their Families in five health board (local authority) areas in the Republic of Ireland. The framework had been developed following a consultancy process with practitioners and managers from a number of disciplines. The evaluation sought to more...

  International Classification:

  Other - assessment of vulnerable children

  Categories:

  assessment of vulnerable children

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Children's Services, Vol: 2 Page: 37-47 2007
  Helen Buckley; Sadhbh Whelan; Cliona Murphy; Jan Horwath

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• 9.   Valuing communication

  The article discusses this year's Northern Ireland Community Nursing Network Conference, with one of the central themes the importance of effective communication in delivering health care.

  

  Abstract:

  The Stormont Hotel in Belfast hosted this year's Northern Ireland Community Nursing Network Conference, with one of the central themes the importance of effective communication in delivering health care. Reporting from the 'Changing practice -- Improving public health?' conference was GERARD DONAGHY. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Practitioner, Vol: 78 Page: 121-123 2005
  G. Donaghy

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