scholarly journals The Quest to Improve the Care of Children and Young People Who Undergo Transition from Child to Adult Health Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-233
Author(s):  
Edward Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Children And Young People

scholarly journals Unexpected deaths of children and young people in the UK

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Stallard ◽  
Michelle Maguire ◽  
Justin Daddow ◽  
Rosie Shepperd ◽  
Mike Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Child Death ◽  
National Data ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
National Health Service Trust ◽  
Incident Reports ◽  
The Uk

Aims and methodTo review the deaths of children and young people who took their own life. We conducted a retrospective analysis of serious incident reports from a National Health Service trust and reviews by the child death overview panels of the local safeguarding children boards.ResultsWe identified 23 deaths, with annual rates varying considerably between local authorities and over time. Over half of the children (n = 13, 56%) were not known to specialist child and adolescent mental health services, with 11 having no contact with any agency at the time of their death. Hanging was the most common method (n = 20, 87%) and of these, half (n =11, 55%) were low-level hangings.Clinical implicationsTraining is required to improve awareness, recognition and the assessment of children at risk of taking their own life. Specialist child mental health services should directly assess plans or attempts at hanging and offer advice about the seriousness of attempting this. National data (by age) on children and young people who take their own life should be routinely published to inform clinical and preventive services.

scholarly journals Planning and commissioning of health services for children and young people

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Webb ◽  
J. Naish ◽  
A. MacFarlane
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Children And Young People

Transition from paediatric to adult healthcare for young people with cystic fibrosis: Parents’ information needs

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imelda Coyne ◽  
Helen Malone ◽  
Emma Chubb ◽  
Alison E While
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Adult Health

Parents of young people with cystic fibrosis (YPWCF) play an important role during the transition from paediatric to adult health services. There is limited evidence on parental information needs and the extent to which they are met. An online survey was conducted targeting a finite population of 190 parents of YPWCF in Ireland. Fifty-nine parents responded (31% response rate). Parents reported the need for more general preparation and timing of the transfer, more information regarding the differences between adult and child health services and how their child will self-manage his/her illness in the future. Most parents received information on the timing of transfer and new healthcare providers but reported being insufficiently informed about their legal status relating to medical confidentiality for their adult child and community resources available for their child after transition to adult health services. The findings highlight the importance of information and preparation for caregivers as well as young people to promote successful transition to adult healthcare. Providing parents with clear information and anticipatory guidance are simple changes in practice that may lead to improvements in transition experiences.

scholarly journals Measuring what matters to patients: Using goal content to inform measure choice and development

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Jacob ◽  
Julian Edbrooke-Childs ◽  
Duncan Law ◽  
Miranda Wolpert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Relevant Outcome

Introduction: Personalised care requires personalised outcomes and ways of feeding back clinically useful information to clinicians and practitioners, but it is not clear how to best personalise outcome measurement and feedback using existing standardised outcome measures. Method: The constant comparison method of grounded theory was used to compare goal themes derived from goals set at the outset of therapy for 180 children aged between 4 and 17 years, visiting eight child and adolescent mental health services, to existing standardised outcome measures used as part of common national datasets. Results: In all, 20 out of 27 goal themes corresponded to items on at least one commonly used outcome measure. Discussion: Consideration of goal themes helped to identify potential relevant outcome measures. However, there were several goal themes that were not captured by items on standardised outcome measures. These seemed to be related to existential factors such as understanding, thinking about oneself and future planning. Conclusion: This presents a powerful framework for how clinicians can use goals to help select a standardised outcome measure (where this is helpful) in addition to the use of a goal-based outcome measure and personalise choices. There may be areas not captured by standardised outcome measures that may be important for children and young people and which may only be currently captured in goal measurement. There is an indication that we may not be measuring what is important to children and young people. We may need to develop or look for new measures that capture these areas.

scholarly journals Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: inspiring innovation or more of the same?

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Timimi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Psychological Therapies ◽  
Common Mental Health Problems ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

SummaryIn 2007 the UK Government announced a substantial expansion of funding for psychological therapies for those presenting with common mental health problems. This ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) project was widely welcomed, however, evidence backed, economic, and conceptual critiques were voiced from the start and the project remains controversial. In 2011, the UK government announced it was extending the IAPT project to encompass services for children and young people with the aim of ‘transforming’ the way mental health services are delivered to them. Here I critically reflect on the problems associated first with IAPT and then with CYP-IAPT and ponder whether CYP-IAPT is significantly different to the problematic adult IAPT project or more of the same.

The utilisation of mental health services by children and young people from a refugee background: a systematic literature review

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erminia Colucci ◽  
Josef Szwarc ◽  
Harry Minas ◽  
Georgia Paxton ◽  
Carmel Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Children And Young People

scholarly journals Transition from paediatric to adult health services in Scotland for young people with cerebral palsy

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice E Wright ◽  
James Robb ◽  
Morven C Shearer
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Adult Health
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