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Assessing health needs of children with intellectual disabilities: a formative evaluation of a pilot service
- Source :
- Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. :1-11
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities commonly have unmet complex health needs. Their parents often experience barriers in locating and accessing services to assist in diagnosing and managing those needs. In response to this service gap, a pilot Paediatric Assessment Clinic was established under the auspices of a large paediatric hospital, to offer a comprehensive disability health service for children aged 6 to 18 years with intellectual disabilities and complex health needs. A formative evaluation used observations and a survey of key stakeholders, including 13 parents of children with intellectual disabilities, 6 referring clinicians, and 6 specialists to whom cases were referred post-assessment to understand early outcomes of the pilot service. Findings highlighted the benefits of a multidisciplinary, staged approach to health assessment, coupled with a thorough understanding of family, cultural, and psycho-social issues, in providing interdisciplinary and inter-agency servic...
- Subjects :
- Service (business)
030506 rehabilitation
Medical education
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Rehabilitation
Formative assessment
03 medical and health sciences
Health services
0302 clinical medicine
Developmental Neuroscience
Neurology
Health assessment
Multidisciplinary approach
Cultural diversity
Vulnerable population
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
business
Psychiatry
Health needs
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23297026 and 23297018
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c248fea40d1fd90e30b5fb2258968cb2