Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers
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The aim of this study was to examine ambulatory peadiatrics and improvements in patient care
International Classification:
Health service provision
Categories:
ambulatory peadiatrics; patient care
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Irish Medical Journal,
Vol: 94 Page: 186%N 6 2001
J. E. Bothwell; P. Sheridan; A. H. Bell
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This article explores the interface between adult mental health issues and child development.
Abstract:
This article explores the interface between adult mental health issues and child development. It refers to the literature on the impact of parental mental health difficulties on children's developmental trajectories. The article then describes a pilot scheme involving a partnership between the Northern Ireland Association of Mental Health and Homefirst Community Trust in which more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 13 Page: 125-135 2007
Huw Griffiths; Vikki Boland; David Gilliland; Bronagh McKernan; Liz Shields
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The aim of this study was to examine the most likely diagnoses when infants first present with an apparent life threatening event
Abstract:
Aims: To determine the most likely diagnoses when infants first present with an apparent life threatening event (ALTE). Methods: Medline (1966-2002), Embase (1980-2002), and Cinahl (1982-2002) were searched. Primary authors and content experts were contacted to identify further studies. Bibliographies from studies, reviews, and textbooks were searched. Foreign language studies were more...
International Classification:
Other - life threatening event
Categories:
life threatening event
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Archives of Disease in Childhood,
Vol: 89 Page: 1043-1048
M. C. McGovern; M. B. H. Smith
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This article outlines the process undertaken by Home-Start, the leading family support agency, to develop and implement a Monitoring Evaluation format that would measure the outcomes for families who had been supported by Home-Start.
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This article outlines the process undertaken by Home-Start, the leading family support agency, to develop and implement a Monitoring Evaluation format that would measure the outcomes for families who had been supported by Home-Start. Home-Start as an organisation began with a small scheme in Leicester in 1973 supporting a few families through volunteers, themselves parents, visiting the more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Child Care in Practice,
Vol: 8 Page: 251 2002
Valerie McGuffin
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This article discusses an assessment framework for children and their families, strengths and limitations
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Looks at lessons for British professionals learned from research and development of a common assessment framework for children carried out in Ireland in 2004. Concerns raised by respondents; Factors that can distort assessments; Messages for policy makers developing a common assessment framework in England. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Care,
2004
Jan Horwath; Helen Buckley
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The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of pupil referral to a special school for children with reading difficulties
Abstract:
Evaluation of the short-term effectiveness of placement in a special school for children with reading difficulties (dyslexia) revealed that statistically significant differences were achieved by a considerable majority of pupils on measures of reading accuracy, reading comprehension and spelling. These improvements were seen as uniformly consistent for the three separate pupil cohorts more...
International Classification:
Mental and behavioural disorders - Disorders of psychological development - dyslexia
Categories:
reading difficulties
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Irish Journal of Psychology,
Vol: 24 Page: 114-128 2003
Christine Chapple; Brendan Spelman
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