Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Haugh, Pauline E
• Mason, Carolyn
• Trainor, Bernadette P
• Kernohan, W George
• Thompson, Kathryn
• Mollan, Raymond A B

Titel

An evaluation of the adequacy of health visitor education for neonatal hip screening

Ist Teil von

• Journal of advanced nursing, 1994-11, Vol.20 (5), p.815-821

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) affects two children per 1000, with potentially serious consequences Student health visitors in Northern Ireland learn screening techniques for CDH at a half‐day workshop at a regional hospital In order to evaluate the adequacy of this preparation, 71 qualified health visitors were surveyed to assess their knowledge relating to CDH, their views on the adequacy of the training, and their opinions about referral of positive cases Knowledge in some areas was poor and preparation was considered too short Direct referrals of positive cases to orthopaedic clinics, without a general practitioner acting as an intermediary, was a frequently cited desire Recommendations include extending the training for those involved in CDH screening while ensuring that experienced health visitors, from whom novices learn, are themselves using correct procedures