Health professional perceptions regarding screening tools for developmental surveillance for children in a multicultural part of Sydney, Australia

Pankaj Garg; My Trinh Ha; John Eastwood; Susan Harvey; Sue Woolfenden; Elisabeth Murphy; Cheryl Dissanayake; Katrina Williams; Bin Jalaludin; Anne McKenzie; Stewart Einfeld; Natalie Silove; Kate Short; Valsamma Eapen

doi:10.1186/s12875-018-0728-3

Health professional perceptions regarding screening tools for developmental surveillance for children in a multicultural part of Sydney, Australia

Pankaj Garg, My Trinh Ha, John Eastwood, Susan Harvey, Sue Woolfenden, Elisabeth Murphy, Cheryl Dissanayake, Katrina Williams, Bin Jalaludin, Anne McKenzie, Stewart Einfeld, Natalie Silove, Kate Short, Valsamma Eapen

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Encouraging early child development and the early identification of developmental difficulties is a priority. The Ministry of Health in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW), has recommended a program of developmental surveillance using validated screening questionnaires, namely, the Parents' Evaluation of Development Status (PEDS) and Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQs), however, the use of these tools has remained sub-optimal. A longitudinal prospective birth cohort "Watch Me grow" study was carried out in the South Western Sydney (SW) region of NSW to ascertain the uptake as well as the strategies and the resources required to maximise engagement in the surveillance program. This paper reports on a qualitative component of the study examining the attitudes, enablers and barriers to the current developmental surveillance practices, with reference to screening tools, amongst health professionals.

Original language	English
Article number	42
Number of pages	12
Journal	BMC Family Practice
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0728-3
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Garg, P., Ha, M. T., Eastwood, J., Harvey, S., Woolfenden, S., Murphy, E., Dissanayake, C., Williams, K., Jalaludin, B., McKenzie, A., Einfeld, S., Silove, N., Short, K., & Eapen, V. (2018). Health professional perceptions regarding screening tools for developmental surveillance for children in a multicultural part of Sydney, Australia. BMC Family Practice, 19, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0728-3

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