Child Health Conditions Questionnaire

AbstractThere is a persistent relationship between socioeconomic status and health that appears to have its roots in childhood. Not only do children in families with lower income and with mothers with lower levels of education have worse health on average than those with greater socioeconomic advantage, but also the gradient appears to steepen with age. This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between socioeconomic status and child health by testing the hypothesis that the increasing effect of family income on children's health with age relates to the children's use of health care services. It also investigates the role of specific health conditions, injuries or maternal health in explaining the steepening gradient. Drawing on a nationally representative survey from Canada, the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth from the period 1994/95–2008/09, this study provides further evidence of a steepening socioeconomic gradient in child health with age. It finds that accounting for health care use does not explain the steepening gradient and that the protective effect of income appears to be greater for those who had contact with the health system, in particular with regard to physician care and prescription drug use.

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Associations of estimated residential soil arsenic and lead concentrations and community-level environmental measures with mother–child health conditions in South Carolina

Health & Place ◽

10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.005 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 774-781 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

C. Marjorie Aelion ◽

Harley T. Davis ◽

Andrew B. Lawson ◽

Bo Cai ◽

Suzanne McDermott

Keyword(s):

South Carolina ◽

Child Health ◽

Community Level ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Soil Arsenic ◽

Environmental Measures

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Housing Environments and Child Health Conditions Among Recent Mexican Immigrant Families: A Population-Based Study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health ◽

10.1007/s10903-009-9261-8 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 617-625 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jill S. Litt ◽

Cynthia Goss ◽

Lihong Diao ◽

Amanda Allshouse ◽

Sandra Diaz-Castillo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Immigrant Families ◽

Population Based ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Mexican Immigrant ◽

Population Based Study ◽

Mexican Immigrant Families ◽

And Child Health

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Involvement of community paediatricians in the care of children and young people with mental health difficulties in the UK: implications for case ascertainment by child and adolescent psychiatric, and paediatric surveillance systems

BMJ Paediatrics Open ◽

10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000713 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. e000713

Author(s):

Hani F Ayyash ◽

Michael Oladipo Ogundele ◽

Richard M Lynn ◽

Tanja-Sabine Schumm ◽

Cornelius Ani

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Young People ◽

Child Health ◽

Child And Adolescent ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Emotional Difficulties ◽

Children And Young People ◽

Mental Health Conditions ◽

Case Ascertainment ◽

The Uk

ObjectiveTo ascertain the extent to which community paediatricians are involved in the care of children with mental health conditions in order to determine which difficulties are appropriate for single or joint surveillance by the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System (CAPSS).DesignAn online survey of the 1120 members of the British Association of Community Child Health (BACCH) working in 169 Community Child Health (CCH) services in the UK.ResultsA total of 245 community paediatricians responded to the survey. This represents 22% of members of BACCH but likely to have covered many of the 169 CCH units because participants could respond on behalf of other members in their unit. The survey showed that children and young people (CYP) with neurodevelopmental conditions presented more frequently to paediatrics than to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In addition, a sizeable proportion of CYP with emotional difficulties presented to paediatricians (eg, 29.5% for anxiety/obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and 12.8% for depression)—mainly due to difficulty with accessing CAMHS. More than half of the community paediatricians are involved in the care of CYP with anxiety and OCD, while 32.3% are involved in the care of those with depression.ConclusionThere is significant involvement of community paediatricians in the care of CYP with mental health conditions. Involvement is highest for neurodevelopmental conditions, but also significant for CYP with emotional difficulties. The implication of the findings for surveillance case ascertainment is that joint BPSU and CAPSS is recommended for surveillance studies of neurodevelopmental conditions. However, for emotional disorders, single or joint surveillance should be made based on the specific research question and the relative trade-offs between case ascertainment, and the additional cost and reporting burden of joint surveillance. Single CAPSS studies remain appropriate for psychosis and bipolar disorder.

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