Abstract

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.

Author Details

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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Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Type

Presentation-Oral Standard Event

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Public Health Nurses, Sustainable Development Goals, Child Development, Developmental Delays, Child Health Clinic, Disadvantaged Communities, Vulnerable Populations

Conference Name

STTI (Sigma) 6th Biennial European Conference

Conference Host

European Region - Sigma

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2022

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Public health nurse involvement in a multi-stakeholder community paediatric clinic meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

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.