Sue Woolfenden
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Woolfenden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Woolfenden |
| SIGNATURE | WOOLFENDEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring the need for a social prescribing pathway in an Australian paediatric allied healthcare intake service
Background The social determinants of health (SDH) drive child health inequities. Adverse SDH are experienced at an individual level as unmet social needs. In a paediatric Allied Healthcare system, these unmet social needs are barriers to service access. Evidence Social prescribing offers a promising solution. However, this practice is not routinely implemented in Australia. Objective To determine whether the Routine Identification of Unmet Socia…
Understanding how personalized pediatric asthma information and support addresses rural families’ unmet needs
PURPOSE: Asthma is a leading cause of disease burden in children and is associated with high hospitalization rates, particularly in rural areas. The Asthma Care from Home project implemented a co-developed pediatric asthma care model to reduce unscheduled hospitalizations by improving evidence-based asthma discharge support for children with asthma and their families living in rural Australia. As part of an implementation evaluation, this study a…
Early Family Influences on Mental Health Competence and Difficulties for Children From Priority Populations
Child mental health competence and difficulties are distributed inequitably. Children from priority populations (rural children, children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, children from visible minorities) are disproportionately affected by systemic barriers impacting mental health. To develop effective equity‐focused strategies, it's essential to understand the distribution and shared/unique drivers of mental health outcomes for these gro…
A Preliminary Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism and Developmental Delays within General Practices
There are inequities in engagement with established early childhood developmental surveillance programs, eclipsing disadvantaged families. The current study sought to address this by dovetailing developmental surveillance with immunization visits and other opportunistic contacts with children at general practices). While 53 General Practices were recruited, significant COVID-19 disruptions resulted in only 81 children being screened (both parent-…
Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development
Identifying and responding to family adversity in Australian community and primary health settings
Background: Unaddressed family adversity has potentially modifiable, negative biopsychosocial impacts across the life course. Little is known about how Australian health and social practitioners identify and respond to family adversity in community and primary health settings. Objective: To describe, in two Australian community health services: (1) the number of adversities experienced by caregivers, (2) practitioner identification of caregivers …
Associations between ongoing Covid ‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported th…
Strengthening Health Systems to Support Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Fiji—A Commentary
Supporting children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) is recognized as an increasing priority in Fiji, a middle-income Pacific Island country. Our objective was to describe our approach to developing a model of care and strengthening local leadership in developmental paediatrics in Fiji to ensure high-quality identification, assessment and management of children with NDDs. Paediatric staff at Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital in Suva…
Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective
BACKGROUND: Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, and identify modifiable leverage points for change. We conceptualise and test a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage aligned to a social determinants and bioecological perspective. METHODS: The Longitudinal Stud…
The impact of sociodemographic and health-service factors on breast-feeding in sub-Saharan African countries with high diarrhoea mortality
Objective The current study aimed to examine the impact of sociodemographic and health-service factors on breast-feeding in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries with high diarrhoea mortality. Design The study used the most recent and pooled Demographic and Health Survey data sets collected in nine SSA countries with high diarrhoea mortality. Multivariate logistic regression models that adjusted for cluster and sampling weights were used to investi…
Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective
BACKGROUND: Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, and identify modifiable leverage points for change. We conceptualise and test a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage aligned to a social determinants and bioecological perspective. METHODS: The Longitudinal Stud…
Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development
Associations between ongoing Covid ‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported th…
The impact of sociodemographic and health-service factors on breast-feeding in sub-Saharan African countries with high diarrhoea mortality
Objective The current study aimed to examine the impact of sociodemographic and health-service factors on breast-feeding in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries with high diarrhoea mortality. Design The study used the most recent and pooled Demographic and Health Survey data sets collected in nine SSA countries with high diarrhoea mortality. Multivariate logistic regression models that adjusted for cluster and sampling weights were used to investi…
Understanding child disadvantage from a social determinants perspective
BACKGROUND: Child health and developmental inequities exist in all countries. Comprehensive and robust concepts of disadvantage are fundamental to growing an evidence base that can reveal the extent of inequities in childhood, and identify modifiable leverage points for change. We conceptualise and test a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage aligned to a social determinants and bioecological perspective. METHODS: The Longitudinal Stud…
Strengthening Health Systems to Support Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Fiji—A Commentary
Supporting children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) is recognized as an increasing priority in Fiji, a middle-income Pacific Island country. Our objective was to describe our approach to developing a model of care and strengthening local leadership in developmental paediatrics in Fiji to ensure high-quality identification, assessment and management of children with NDDs. Paediatric staff at Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital in Suva…
Identifying and responding to family adversity in Australian community and primary health settings
Background: Unaddressed family adversity has potentially modifiable, negative biopsychosocial impacts across the life course. Little is known about how Australian health and social practitioners identify and respond to family adversity in community and primary health settings. Objective: To describe, in two Australian community health services: (1) the number of adversities experienced by caregivers, (2) practitioner identification of caregivers …
Associations between ongoing Covid ‐19 lockdown and the financial and mental health experiences of Australian families
In 2020, Australia's successful COVID‐19 public health restrictions comprised a national “initial lockdown” (March–May) and “ongoing lockdown” (July–November) for metropolitan Victorian residents only. We evaluated associations between ongoing lockdown and family finances and mental health. In the June and September 2020 Royal Children's Hospital National Child Health Polls, caregivers of children in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) reported th…
A Preliminary Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism and Developmental Delays within General Practices
There are inequities in engagement with established early childhood developmental surveillance programs, eclipsing disadvantaged families. The current study sought to address this by dovetailing developmental surveillance with immunization visits and other opportunistic contacts with children at general practices). While 53 General Practices were recruited, significant COVID-19 disruptions resulted in only 81 children being screened (both parent-…
Household income supplements in early childhood to reduce inequities in children's development
Early Family Influences on Mental Health Competence and Difficulties for Children From Priority Populations
Child mental health competence and difficulties are distributed inequitably. Children from priority populations (rural children, children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, children from visible minorities) are disproportionately affected by systemic barriers impacting mental health. To develop effective equity‐focused strategies, it's essential to understand the distribution and shared/unique drivers of mental health outcomes for these gro…
Exploring the need for a social prescribing pathway in an Australian paediatric allied healthcare intake service
Background The social determinants of health (SDH) drive child health inequities. Adverse SDH are experienced at an individual level as unmet social needs. In a paediatric Allied Healthcare system, these unmet social needs are barriers to service access. Evidence Social prescribing offers a promising solution. However, this practice is not routinely implemented in Australia. Objective To determine whether the Routine Identification of Unmet Socia…
Understanding how personalized pediatric asthma information and support addresses rural families’ unmet needs
PURPOSE: Asthma is a leading cause of disease burden in children and is associated with high hospitalization rates, particularly in rural areas. The Asthma Care from Home project implemented a co-developed pediatric asthma care model to reduce unscheduled hospitalizations by improving evidence-based asthma discharge support for children with asthma and their families living in rural Australia. As part of an implementation evaluation, this study a…
Medicine (7 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Public health (3 works)