title: Improving health centre physicians' child-psychiatric networks.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study changes in Finnish GPs' child-psychiatric networks over a one-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postal questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health centres in the area of Tampere University Hospital with a catchment population of one million.
  
  
  METHODS
  A one-off course in the field of child psychiatry was held 56 times in different health centres.
  
  
  METHODS
  GPs (n = 761) working in the area received a questionnaire in 2000 and 2001. Those responding in both years were included in the analysis (n = 371).
  
  
  METHODS
  A fill-in picture was used to identify professionals in the network of each GP. Three levels were analysed: (1) health centre, (2) municipality, and (3) secondary healthcare.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of collaborators increased significantly only in the training group at municipality level. No statistically significant differences were found in proportions of GPs naming cooperating persons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The impact of a one-off training programme on the scope of GPs' child-psychiatric networks was not very strong but was in accordance with the aims of the programme.
authors: Department of General Practice, University of Tampere, Finland. anneli.heikkinen@uta.fi
authors: Anneli
authors: A
authors: Heikkinen
authors: Kaija
authors: K
authors: Puura
authors: Karp
authors: K
authors: Mattila
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000592:standards; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires