title: Sleep clinics with health visitors: a 2-year evaluation.
abstract: This study was undertaken to evaluate a service for sleep clinics over a time span of 2 years. The service was operated jointly by health visitors and clinical psychologists and based on a previous model run by the same team of psychologists and child development advisors. The outcome was not supportive of this type of service in terms of referral rates over a period of time, improvement rate, continued existence or cost-effectiveness of such a service. The reasons for the difficulties of such clinics are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Child Development Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Bidder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D004493:Education; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D014851:Wakefulness; D000078329:Workforce