Developing and Validating an Individual-Level Deprivation Index for Children's Health in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deprivation generates many health inequalities. This has to be taken in account to enhance appropriate access to care. This study aimed to develop and validate a pediatric individual-level index measuring deprivation, usable in clinical practice and in public health.

Methods

The French Individual Child Deprivation Index (FrenChILD-Index) was designed in four phases: item generation then reduction using the literature review and expert opinions, and index derivation then validation using a cross-sectional study in two emergency departments. During these last two phases, concordance with a blinded evaluation by an expert enabled us to determine thresholds for two levels of moderate and severe deprivation.

Results

The generation and reduction phases retained 1

SUBMITTER: Laporte R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816939 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature