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Eksteen, Susan; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Launer, Stefan; Kuper, Hannah; Swanepoe, De Wet – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: This study aimed to describe and compare the performance of two screening protocols used for preschool hearing screening in resource-constrained settings. Method: Secondary data analysis was done to determine the performance of two protocols implemented during a preschool hearing screening program using mobile health technology in South…
Descriptors: Referral, Criteria, Preschool Children, Auditory Tests
Pottinger, Audrey M.; Passard, Nickiesha; Gordon Stair, Angela – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The under-utilisation of mental health services by populations because of inadequate mental health education by community leaders and the public is of concern. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of brief 1-day workshops in educating the public about mental health. Design: Quantitative pre-post evaluation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Health Services, Workshops
Narayan, Jayanthi; Pratapkumar, Raja; Reddy, Sudhakara P. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
In resource poor settings innovative and bottom-up approaches are required to provide services to people with with disabilities. In this context, the present paper explains a community-based model of manpower development and coordination of services for people with intellectual disabilities in unified state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Women with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Females, Community Programs
Graham F. Moore; Lawrence Raisanen; Laurence Moore; Nafees Ud Din; Simon Murphy – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: Primary-care referral to community-based exercise specialists (exercise referral) is common in the UK despite limited evidence of effectiveness. A recent pragmatic randomised trial of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS), demonstrated promising impacts upon physical activity and mental health. This paper presents a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Referral, Health Services, Health Education

Thorburn, M. J.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1992
A survey of 2- to 9-year-old children in Jamaica identified 193 (out of 994) as having a disability. Of these, 62 percent were determined to need special education, 29.5 percent needed community based services, 21 percent needed spectacles, 21 percent needed specialist referral, and 6 percent required medical treatment. Training of community…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Gray, Paul; Seddon, Toby – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: To report on findings from the evaluation of two innovative community-based prevention projects in the UK targeted at children disaffected from school, one involving football the other horticulture. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative inquiry focusing on three areas: "theories of change" underpinning the projects; referral…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Team Sports, Program Effectiveness, Horticulture
Lovering, Kathryn; Frampton, Ian; Crowe, Ben; Moseley, Alice; Broadhead, Moira – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2006
Scallywags is a community-based, early intervention programme for young children (aged 3-7) with behavioural, emotional and social problems, which integrates work in the home and school with a parenting curriculum and direct work with children. A pre-post intervention study across multi-sites of 340 participants is reported. Using standardised…
Descriptors: Young Children, Social Isolation, Early Intervention, Community Programs
Griffiths, Matthew; And Others – 1989
The study described in the first part of this two-part document identified the kind of ongoing support that would be most beneficial to all those concerned in the employment of young people with disabilities in England and Wales. Semistructured interviews were conducted with employers, representatives of preparation and placement agencies, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation