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Mattias Wennergren1,2,3, Anna Fäldt4, Anna Grimby-Ekman5

  • 1General Practice/Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

The Child Adjusted Care Need Index helps identify healthcare centers with children at risk for secondhand smoke exposure and language screening failures. However, it is less effective for identifying risks related to overweight, obesity, or breastfeeding.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Public Health
  • Sociodemographics

Background:

  • Social deprivation indices are crucial for understanding child health disparities.
  • The Child Adjusted Care Need Index is widely used in Sweden.
  • Identifying healthcare centers with high-risk children is vital for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the association between the Child Adjusted Care Need Index and healthcare centers serving children with specific health risks.
  • To evaluate the index's utility in identifying centers with higher proportions of at-risk children.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Swedish Child Health Services Register.
  • Grouped health outcomes and index scores by healthcare center.
  • Employed multiple linear regression analyses to examine relationships.
socioeconomic disparities in health

Main Results:

  • The Child Adjusted Care Need Index partially explained variations in children exposed to secondhand smoke and those failing language screening.
  • Associations between the index and proportions of overweight, obese, or non-breastfed children were weak.

Conclusions:

  • The Child Adjusted Care Need Index shows potential for identifying centers with risks of secondhand smoke exposure and language screening failures.
  • The index's effectiveness is limited for identifying centers with risks of overweight, obesity, or not being breastfed.
  • Further research into the index and sociodemographic factors is needed to improve child health resource allocation.