Table 3 Questionnaire and frequency distribution of responses
Questions asked of Clinicians (N = 14) | Before HKC- intervention | After HKC-intervention | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For child preventive health:- | Strongly disagree | Disagree | No opinion | Agree | Strongly agree | Strongly disagree | Disagree | No opinion | Agree | Strongly agree | |
Questions 1–6 = ‘Beliefs’ | |||||||||||
Questions 7–12 = ‘Self-efficacy’ | |||||||||||
(Adult preventive health items not included) | |||||||||||
1 | I believe Early Intervention services are important in improving outcomes for children and families | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
2 | I play a significant role in providing advice about vaccination | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Our practice plays a significant role in providing vaccination services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
4 | I think it is important to calculate a BMI for school aged children | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
5 | I think it is important to calculate a BMI for children aged 2 to 5 years | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | b4 |
6 | I believe pre-school children should have their development assessed in general practice at every opportunity | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
7 | I feel confident in my ability to conduct post-natal checks of infants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
8 | I feel confident in my ability to perform a Healthy Kids Check for a child aged 4.5 years | 0 | 0 | 1 | a9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
9 | I feel confident in my ability to perform a Healthy Kids Check for a child aged 3.5 years | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
10 | I feel confident in my ability to detect developmental problems in pre-school children without the use of standardised developmental screening tests | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
11 | I feel confident in my ability to use standardised developmental screening tests (e.g.PEDS) to help detect developmental problems in children < 5 years | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
12 | I feel confident in my ability to detect the “red flags” for Autism in children under 5 years | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 |