| Title: | Child care and family support services in 1998: review of adequacy |
| Authors: | Eastern Health Board (EHB) |
| Publisher: | Eastern Health Board (EHB) |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/241032 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | The issue of child poverty is recently receiving increased attention. Many of
the issues which impact upon children and their families are outside the remit
of our Board. For the first time, this Review has attempted to identify and map
on a small area basis, the districts within our region where there are high
proportions of child populations. This exercise was also extended to identify
the districts where there are high child populations combined with high levels
of poverty and deprivation. Families raising children in these districts, which
often also have parallel high levels of drug misuse, show great commitment and
resilience and it is only right that they are given every support in the task of
raising the next generation. It is hoped that the work which has been
undertaken regarding small areas will help to direct resources towards areas of
greatest need, particularly given the impending re-structuring of our Board. In
the meantime, the Review details the many services which do exist to support
children and families in the region. The range of services and issues discussed
include health promotion programmes, early intervention programmes, such as
Community Mothers, family support projects and child protection services,
child health services, services for drug misusers and speech and language
therapy. |
| Keywords: | CHILD CARE
FAMILY SUPPORT |
| Appears in Collections: | EHB Publications
|
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