Public health nurse involvement in a multi-stakeholder community paediatric clinic meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Ireland
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Lynn Buckley, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Dr. Louise Gibson, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University College Cork, Ireland; Katherine Harford, Let's Grow Together! Infant & Childhood Partnerships Cork, Ireland; Dr. Margaret Curtin, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland; Dr. Nicola Cornally, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland
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Background: Health has a central place in SDG 3 which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages. This case study demonstrates the important role Public Health Nurses (PHNs) play in achieving SDG 3 through involvement in a novel multidisciplinary, inter-agency paediatric development clinic set in a disadvantaged Irish community where children and families experience significant levels of adversity. Kidscope is the only community paediatric clinic in Ireland to offer free assessment, consultation, and onward referral of children aged 0 to 6 years living in a highly vulnerable community. The KidScope model of care requires PHNs to provide specialist early years support to vulnerable children and families within a largely generalist role.
Methods: An exploratory qualitative stakeholder analysis and mapping exercise. Snowball sampling identified participants. Primary data collection involved scoping interviews, focus groups, and interviews. Secondary data sources included meeting minutes, annual reports, work plans, and logic models from partner agencies. Stakeholder power matrix table developed in line with guiding framework. NVivo 12.0 collated qualitative data. Braun and Clarke’s (2006) Framework guided thematic analysis.
Results: PHNs engage with Kidscope at eight levels over three timepoints; delivery, implementation, and clinic review and sustainability. PHNs are fundamental partners in achieving SDG 3 and contributing to SDG 10: Reducing Inequalities, SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
Conclusion: PHNs make a significant contribution to Kidscope which provides access across the continuum of healthcare services for a highly population. Findings underscore a shift from the current ‘cradle to grave’ model of working towards a specialist early years PHN role which can improve child outcomes by disrupting the impact exclusion to healthcare has on vulnerable children.
| Type | Presentation |
| Acquisition | Self-submission |
| Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | Other |
| Research Approach | Qualitative Research |
| Keywords | Public Health Nurses; Sustainable Development Goals; Child Development; Developmental Delays; Child Health Clinic; Disadvantaged Communities; Vulnerable Populations |
| Name | STTI (Sigma) 6th Biennial European Conference |
| Host | European Region - Sigma |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date | 2022 |
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