Journal article
The invisible issue, children, and families in substandard accommodation: how can paediatric interdisciplinary teams help?
Archives of disease in childhood, Vol.107(Suppl 2), pp.A50-A50
2022
Abstract
In the UK the number of children living in temporary accommodation has risen by 80% since COVID-19 [1]. One fifth of Australian children aged 0 to 5 years lived in homelessness/housing instability prior to COVID-19 [2,3]. Little is known regarding the impact of homelessness on the health of children living with homeless families. Moreover, the types of services and interprofessional collaborations needed to address children’s needs remains unknown [3,4]. This presentation outlines an innovative model of interdisciplinary collaborative health delivery that addresses these gaps [5]. The model used an embedded Nurse Practitioner ‘health hub’ to assess children and help parents meet their child’s needs...
Details
- Title
- The invisible issue, children, and families in substandard accommodation: how can paediatric interdisciplinary teams help?
- Authors/Creators
- Yvonne Parry - Flinders UniversityShahid Ullah - Flinders UniversityEileen Willis - Flinders UniversityNina Sivertsen - Flinders UniversitySally Kendall - University of KentRhonda Marriott - Murdoch UniversityMatthew Ankers - Flinders University
- Publication Details
- Archives of disease in childhood, Vol.107(Suppl 2), pp.A50-A50
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Identifiers
- 991005569351207891
- Copyright
- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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