A case study of well child care visits at general practices in a region of disadvantage in Sydney.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Well-Child Care (WCC) is the provision of preventive health care services for children and their families. Prior research has highlighted that several barriers exist for the provision of WCC services.

Objectives

To study "real life" visits of parents and children with health professionals in order to enhance the theoretical understanding of factors affecting WCC.

Methods

Participant observations of a cross-sectional sample of 71 visits at three general practices were analysed using a mixed-methods approach.

Results

The median age of the children was 18 months (IQR, 6-36 months), and the duration of visits was 13 mins (IQR, 9-18 mins). The reasons for the visits were immunisation in 13 (18.5%), general check-up in 10 (13.8%), viral illness in 33 (49

SUBMITTER: Garg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181326 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature