title: Community-based network system and interdisciplinary management for children with cleft-lip/palate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose a community-based network system and interdisciplinary management for children with cleft lip/ palate, applicable to Thailand and other developing countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A network was developed for the care of patients with cleft lip/palate by combining primary health care, community-based rehabilitation and institutional expertise (Tawanchai Center), Five workshops were conducted, including: 1) network development for cleft lip-palate care in the new millennium; 2) a multi-center study on the incidence and etiology of oral clefts and associated abnormalities in Northeast Thailand; 3) establishment of a Network for Children with Cleft Lip/Palate care in Northeast Thailand, including: 3.1) Skill development in cleft lip/palate care for parents and family; 3.2) a community-based model for speech disorders for children with cleft lip/palate in developing countries and for holistic nursing care for children with cleft lip/palate in developing countries; and, 4) development of interdisciplinary team system and network for holistic care for community-based quality of life, health promotion, speech and language intervention for Thai cleft lip/palate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A community-based network system model with interdisciplinary care was developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A community-based network system model with interdisciplinary care can be applied for children with cleft lip/ palate in Thailand and developing countries where there exists a lack of coordinated multidisciplinary services. We plan to implement such a system in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. benjamas@kku.ac.th
authors.forename: Benjamas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prathanee
authors.forename: Bowornsilp
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chowchuen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D013785:Thailand