Children and the inverse care law

Webb, Elspeth

doi:10.1136/bmj.316.7144.1588

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“…Children in refuges for women victims of domestic violence constitute one of several marginalised groups with poor access to services 1. They are a largely unstudied population, although a pilot study in Wales identified poor uptake of immunisation and surveillance 2.…”

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The health of children in refuges for women victims of domestic violence: cross sectional descriptive survey

Webb

Shankleman²,

Evans³

et al. 2001

BMJ

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Objectives To describe the health and developmental status of children living in refuges for women victims of domestic violence and to investigate their access to primary healthcare services. Design Cross sectional survey. Setting Women's refuges in Cardiff. Participants 148 resident children aged under 16 years and their mothers. Main outcome measures Completeness of records on the child health system (register of all children that includes data on the child's health) for named health visitor, named general practitioner, and immunisation uptake; satisfactory completion of child health surveillance; Denver test results for developmental status; Rutter test scores for behavioural and emotional problems; reports of maternal concerns.

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The health of children in refuges for women victims of domestic violence: cross sectional descriptive survey

Webb

Shankleman²,

Evans³

et al. 2001

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“…As a group, LAYP looked after young people have multiple disadvantages and may have experienced abuse, neglect and family breakdown before entering care, and being subject to decisions out of their control. This, which all contributes to their distrust of, and lack of, engagement with health promoting services (Webb, 1998). As a consequence, supporting behaviour change in looked after young people LAYP is more challenging.…”

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Looked after young people: Reducing health inequalities through an evidence- and theory-informed intervention

Dale

Watson

Adair³

et al. 2016

Health Education Journal

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Objective: The study aimed to design and evaluate a health behaviour change intervention for looked after young people (LAYP), targeting sexual health, smoking, exercise, healthy eating and non-dependent alcohol and drug use.Design: A pre-post intervention evaluation was undertaken exploring health behaviours and wellbeing.Methodology: The one-to-one intervention was individually tailored to each person. Young people eligible for the intervention were aged 11 years and over and were 'looked after', meaning they were under a supervision order with a local authority, in Scotland, or were a care leaver. 144 young people referred to the intervention service between March 2009 and January 2014 were eligible for the evaluation. Evaluation data were analysed using standard statistical tests on SPSS.Results: Behaviour change techniques, including goal setting, action planning, barrier identification/problem solving, and motivational interviewing contributed to improvements in all areas. Difficulties with consent and follow-up were highlighted as barriers to effective evaluation.Conclusion: Improving the current health of LAYP looked after young people with a view to prevent future ill health using a tailored intervention with behaviour change techniques enables LAYP this group to improve health behaviours despite the numerous challenges in working with these vulnerable clients.

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“…All children from marginalised populations face this double jeopardy. For many, such as travellers, homeless families, children living rough, and asylum seeking and refugee children,3 this is because of poor access to both mainstream and specialist services 4. For others, ironically, it is because a specific health or social care need has been identified and led to the provision of selective services.…”

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