The KidScope Study: An analysis of a community paediatric clinic set in a disadvantaged area of Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Louise
dc.contributor.authorHarford, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorCornally, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorCurtin, Margaret
dc.contributor.editorO'Driscoll, Conoren
dc.contributor.editorNiemitz, Lorenzoen
dc.contributor.editorMurphy, Stephenen
dc.contributor.editorCheemarla, Vinay Kumar Reddyen
dc.contributor.editorMeyer, Melissa Isabellaen
dc.contributor.editorTaylor, David Emmet Austinen
dc.contributor.editorCluzel, Gastonen
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T08:37:05Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T08:37:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe most critical period of human development is from conception to age six years when important brain structures develop. These structures influence child development, well-being, learning, and behaviours that follow. Research shows children from economically disadvantaged areas have poorer developmental, health, and lifelong outcomes. A considerable proportion of developmental delay is avoidable and early detection and intervention can improve child, family, and community outcomes. Ireland’s disjointed early intervention system sees children from more affluent communities access services faster through paid private assessment and intervention. KidScope is the only community paediatric clinic in Ireland to offer assessment and onward referral from birth to six years within a disadvantaged area. The clinic intercepts the gap within the early intervention system and breaks the cycle of intergenerational poverty by disrupting the impact exclusion to healthcare has on vulnerable children and families. We aim to evaluate KidScope in order to contribute to the evidence on addressing avoidable developmental delay in disadvantaged areas through early detection and timely referral to services. Findings to date highlight the challenges vulnerable families face when accessing paediatric healthcare, the healthcare needs of children experiencing adversity, and how community paediatric clinics identify and support developmental delay.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationBuckley, L., Gibson, L., Harford, K., Cornally, N. and Curtin, M. (2022) 'The KidScope Study: An analysis of a community paediatric clinic set in a disadvantaged area of Ireland', The Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork, 6, pp. 111-117. doi: 10.33178/boolean.2022.1.19en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/boolean.2022.1.19
dc.identifier.endpage117
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevThe Booleanen
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Corken
dc.identifier.startpage111
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14661
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Boolean, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/boolean/article/view/boolean-2022-20
dc.rights© 2022, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectChild healthen
dc.subjectChild health servicesen
dc.subjectVulnerable populationsen
dc.subjectDisadvantaged communitiesen
dc.subjectChild developmenten
dc.subjectDevelopment delayen
dc.titleThe KidScope Study: An analysis of a community paediatric clinic set in a disadvantaged area of Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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