Parental experience of an early developmental surveillance programme for autism within Australian general practice: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Implementing support and services early in the life course has been shown to promote positive developmental outcomes for children at high likelihood of developmental conditions including autism. This study examined parents'/caregivers' experiences and perceptions about a digital developmental surveillance pathway for autism, the autism surveillance pathway (ASP), and usual care, the surveillance as usual (SaU) pathway, in the primary healthcare general practice setting.

Design

This qualitative study involves using a convenience selection process of the full sample of parents/caregivers that participated in the main programme, 'General Practice Surveillance for Autism', a cluster-randomised controlled trial study. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and

SUBMITTER: Eapen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710335 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature