title: A study to assess the effectiveness of a professional and lay support service for parents of new-born cleft babies.
abstract: Since 1981 the Leicestershire Support Service has offered a combination of professional and lay advice to parents of new-born cleft babies. This paper evaluates this service by interviewing retrospectively the parents of two groups of children, those born before the service was available and those born since. As a control group, a prospective study of parents with unclefted children was carried out. The strengths and weaknesses of the current Support Service are identified and recommendations for improvements are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Speech Therapy Service, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Milward
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000523:psychology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D013070:Speech Therapy; D013518:Surgery, Plastic