“Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background”
Introduction: Developmental vulnerabilities in pre-school aged children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds with low English proficiency are less likely to be identified through universal developmental surveillance. Barriers include low parental health literacy and low rate...
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| author | Karen Edwards Tania Rimes Rebecca Smith Ritin Fernandez Lisa Stephenson Jane Son Vanessa Sarkozy Deborah Perkins Valsamma Eapen Sue Woolfenden |
| author_facet | Karen Edwards Tania Rimes Rebecca Smith Ritin Fernandez Lisa Stephenson Jane Son Vanessa Sarkozy Deborah Perkins Valsamma Eapen Sue Woolfenden |
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| description | Introduction: Developmental vulnerabilities in pre-school aged children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds with low English proficiency are less likely to be identified through universal developmental surveillance. Barriers include low parental health literacy and low rates of attendance to mainstream child and family health services. Late detection of developmental vulnerabilities can have lifelong impacts on life trajectory. Method: Integrated outreach early childhood developmental surveillance was trialled in South East Sydney by local health services with non-government organisations (NGO) delivering early childhood education and support. NGO staff were trained in Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), a validated developmental screening tool to explore parental/carer and provider concerns [1]. Families with children identified with developmental concerns by NGO staff were referred to co-located or visiting Child and Family Health Nurses (CFHN), community child health, speech pathology or developmental services for developmental screening, assessment and/or care planning. Results: Integrated health and NGO services improved access to developmental surveillance for CALD families in a non-threatening environment enabled by co-locating CFHN, or through visits by paediatric medical/speech pathology staff to participating playgroups. Conclusions and discussion: Integration supported vulnerable families from CALD backgrounds to access developmental surveillance through child and family health services but required flexibility and adjustments by all involved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6949a909f0154d42a8dd78fccc5844452022-12-22T01:54:22ZengUbiquity PressInternational Journal of Integrated Care1568-41562020-04-0120210.5334/ijic.46964820“Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background”Karen Edwards0Tania Rimes1Rebecca Smith2Ritin Fernandez3Lisa Stephenson4Jane Son5Vanessa Sarkozy6Deborah Perkins7Valsamma Eapen8Sue Woolfenden9Counterpoint Consulting Pty LtdChildren and Communities Program, South Eastern Sydney LHDChild and Family Health Nursing, South Eastern Sydney LHD, RamsgateSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Research and Education Building, Level 1, St George Hospital, KogarahChild and Family Interagency, South Eastern Sydney LHD, CaringbahDevelopmental and Community, Kogarah Developmental Assessment Service, South Eastern Sydney LHD; Conjoint lecturer, UNSW School of Women’s and Children’s HealthSydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick; Conjoint lecturer, UNSW School of Women’s and Children’s HealthSydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick; Conjoint lecturer, UNSW School of Women’s and Children’s HealthInfant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of New South Wales; Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry, South West Sydney (AUCS); Early Life Determinants of Health, Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE); Ingham Institute; BestSTART-SW (Systems Transformation and Research Translation . South West Sydney) Academic Unit, Randwick, University of New South Wales; ICAMHS, L1 MHC, Liverpool HospitalDepartment of Community Child Health, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network; School of Women and Children’s Health, UNSW Sydney CRICOS Provider Code 00098G; Discipline of Public Health, School of Public Health, the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick; Conjoint lecturer, UNSW School of Women’s and Children’s HealthIntroduction: Developmental vulnerabilities in pre-school aged children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds with low English proficiency are less likely to be identified through universal developmental surveillance. Barriers include low parental health literacy and low rates of attendance to mainstream child and family health services. Late detection of developmental vulnerabilities can have lifelong impacts on life trajectory. Method: Integrated outreach early childhood developmental surveillance was trialled in South East Sydney by local health services with non-government organisations (NGO) delivering early childhood education and support. NGO staff were trained in Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), a validated developmental screening tool to explore parental/carer and provider concerns [1]. Families with children identified with developmental concerns by NGO staff were referred to co-located or visiting Child and Family Health Nurses (CFHN), community child health, speech pathology or developmental services for developmental screening, assessment and/or care planning. Results: Integrated health and NGO services improved access to developmental surveillance for CALD families in a non-threatening environment enabled by co-locating CFHN, or through visits by paediatric medical/speech pathology staff to participating playgroups. Conclusions and discussion: Integration supported vulnerable families from CALD backgrounds to access developmental surveillance through child and family health services but required flexibility and adjustments by all involved.https://www.ijic.org/articles/4696child and family health nurseintegrated caredevelopmental surveillancechild developmentmulticulturalcaldmigrantrefugeenon-government |
| spellingShingle | Karen Edwards Tania Rimes Rebecca Smith Ritin Fernandez Lisa Stephenson Jane Son Vanessa Sarkozy Deborah Perkins Valsamma Eapen Sue Woolfenden “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” International Journal of Integrated Care child and family health nurse integrated care developmental surveillance child development multicultural cald migrant refugee non-government |
| title | “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” |
| title_full | “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” |
| title_fullStr | “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” |
| title_short | “Improving Access to Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background” |
| title_sort | improving access to early childhood developmental surveillance for children from culturally and linguistically diverse cald background |
| topic | child and family health nurse integrated care developmental surveillance child development multicultural cald migrant refugee non-government |
| url | https://www.ijic.org/articles/4696 |
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