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Children with disruptive behaviours II: clinical and community service needs.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To assist in health service planning by determining the perceived clinical and community service needs of families resident in the Hunter region who care for a child manifesting disruptive behaviour.
METHODOLOGY:
Families were eligible to participate in the survey if they had at least one child known to have one of the DSM-IV disruptive behaviour disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, behaviour problems associated with rarer forms of brain disease, brain injury or mild intellectual disability or were identified by school personnel as having significant behaviour problems. Families were recruited to the survey via schools, early education centres and clinical services. Parents completed a questionnaire, mailed to them by educational and/or clinical services. Parents were asked to prioritize options for improving or expanding clinical services and for reducing their treatment costs.
RESULTS:
A total of 1412 families responded to the survey. The highest-ranked clinical service options involved the expansion of mainstream community treatment services for children with disruptive behaviour problems and their families, with a particular emphasis on counselling services. Respite care and in-patient services were given relatively low priority. Subgroup analyses showed that disadvantaged and stressed families gave higher rankings to out of home options, such as respite care, in-patient care and subsidised holiday camps, than the aggregate sample.
CONCLUSIONS:
Enhancement of community based counselling services would meet the needs of the greatest number of participating families. Resource-intense residential services are required by a small but important group of families who experience disadvantage and high levels of stress.
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Author information
Author/s: Hazell, P L (PL); Tarren-Sweeney, M (M); Vimpani, G V (GV); Keatinge, D (D); Callan, K (K);
Affiliation: Discipline of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. hazell(-atsign-)mail.newcastle.edu.au
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of paediatrics and child health (J Paediatr Child Health), published in Australia. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 38 (issue 1) : pp 32-40
Dates: Created 2002/02/28; Completed 2002/04/05; Revised 2007/09/24;
PMID: 11869398, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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