Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5565088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hayley |
| FAMILY NAME | Smithers‐Sheedy |
| SIGNATURE | SHEEDY H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0082-2413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Care Coordination Experiences of Whole Families Caring for Children With Medical Complexity in Rural Areas
BACKGROUND: Family caring roles create significant impacts on individual family members' physical, mental and social wellbeing, and can disrupt family financial stability, relationships and functioning. The perspectives of family members other than mothers are often omitted from research, reducing understanding of the broader impacts of supportive interventions such as care coordination. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand how multiple fami…
Vaccination and its social and behavioural drivers in children with disability in Fiji
INTRODUCTION: Data on the vaccination of children with disabilities are limited across Pacific Island countries like Fiji. This study aimed to examine the vaccination status and measure the social and behavioural drivers influencing vaccination of children with disability in Fiji. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Suva-Nausori area, Rewa, Fiji among children with disabilities (eg, motor, vision, hearing, speech, intellectual, epi…
Lesson learned
Introduction: Children living with medical complexity (CMC) in rural areas without care coordination commonly experience difficulties accessing care and missed and/or duplicated care resulting in poorer health outcomes and greater costs for their families and the health system. Intervention: The Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS) is a co-designed integrated model of care coordination implemented in four rural local health distr…
Coordinating rural healthcare to support whole families caring for children with medical complexity
Background: Accessing healthcare for children with medical complexity (CMC) living outside of major cities is often time-consuming and challenging to navigate, impacting quality of life and wellbeing of multiple family members caring for CMC and influencing how the whole family functions. Approach: This study was nested within the implementation evaluation of Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS), a rural paediatric care coordinat…
Epidemiology of cerebral palsy among children in Ghana
The study highlights the need for interventions to improve functional outcome, health and well-being of children with CP in Ghana
Nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy in Ghana
Our study contributes important data and a framework to develop guidelines and evidence-based interventions for children with CP in Ghana
Epic-CP pilot trial
In children with cerebral palsy (CP), there is evidence that social determinants of health contribute to poorer health outcomes and are barriers to families accessing health services. In the general paediatric population, there is emerging evidence that clinical pathways for the systematised identification and referral of unmet social can support families to address their social needs. The objectives of this Australian pilot are to investigate th…
It can be a lonely job
Introduction: Implementation of integrated care for children living with medical complexity (CMC) and their families requires the establishment and support of new roles in the health system. Background: The Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS) is a paediatric care coordination service implemented in four Local Health Districts (LHDs) in New South Wales since 2022. RuralKidsGPS is reliant on nurse Paediatric Care Coordinators (PCC…
Integrated care for children in rural Australia
Introduction: Children and young people (CYP) with medical complexity, have high levels of healthcare needs and utilisation, representing 10% of patients attending children’s hospitals, and accounting for 60% of healthcare expenditure in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Furthermore, 30% of children in NSW live outside major cities and require enhanced local health solutions to manage healthcare needs, reduce travel and family disrup…
Evaluation of RuralkidsGPS; A Novel Integrated Paediatric Care Coordination Model of Care in Rural Australia – a Mixed-Methods Study Protocol
RuralKidsGPS, if effective, has the potential to improve equity of access to integrated care for CYP and their families and this protocol may inform other evaluations of similar models of care delivered at scale
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged
AIM: The inverse care law suggests that those with the greatest need for services are least likely to receive them. Our aim of this study was to test the inverse care law in relation to the use of health services by children aged 4-5 years in Australia who were developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. METHOD: Cross-sectional data were collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort when the childre…
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged
AIM: The inverse care law suggests that those with the greatest need for services are least likely to receive them. Our aim of this study was to test the inverse care law in relation to the use of health services by children aged 4-5 years in Australia who were developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. METHOD: Cross-sectional data were collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort when the childre…
Use of health services by preschool-aged children who are developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged
AIM: The inverse care law suggests that those with the greatest need for services are least likely to receive them. Our aim of this study was to test the inverse care law in relation to the use of health services by children aged 4-5 years in Australia who were developmentally vulnerable and socioeconomically disadvantaged. METHOD: Cross-sectional data were collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children birth cohort when the childre…
Integrated care for children in rural Australia
Introduction: Children and young people (CYP) with medical complexity, have high levels of healthcare needs and utilisation, representing 10% of patients attending children’s hospitals, and accounting for 60% of healthcare expenditure in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Furthermore, 30% of children in NSW live outside major cities and require enhanced local health solutions to manage healthcare needs, reduce travel and family disrup…
Evaluation of RuralkidsGPS; A Novel Integrated Paediatric Care Coordination Model of Care in Rural Australia – a Mixed-Methods Study Protocol
RuralKidsGPS, if effective, has the potential to improve equity of access to integrated care for CYP and their families and this protocol may inform other evaluations of similar models of care delivered at scale
Epidemiology of cerebral palsy among children in Ghana
The study highlights the need for interventions to improve functional outcome, health and well-being of children with CP in Ghana
Nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy in Ghana
Our study contributes important data and a framework to develop guidelines and evidence-based interventions for children with CP in Ghana
Epic-CP pilot trial
In children with cerebral palsy (CP), there is evidence that social determinants of health contribute to poorer health outcomes and are barriers to families accessing health services. In the general paediatric population, there is emerging evidence that clinical pathways for the systematised identification and referral of unmet social can support families to address their social needs. The objectives of this Australian pilot are to investigate th…
It can be a lonely job
Introduction: Implementation of integrated care for children living with medical complexity (CMC) and their families requires the establishment and support of new roles in the health system. Background: The Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS) is a paediatric care coordination service implemented in four Local Health Districts (LHDs) in New South Wales since 2022. RuralKidsGPS is reliant on nurse Paediatric Care Coordinators (PCC…
Vaccination and its social and behavioural drivers in children with disability in Fiji
INTRODUCTION: Data on the vaccination of children with disabilities are limited across Pacific Island countries like Fiji. This study aimed to examine the vaccination status and measure the social and behavioural drivers influencing vaccination of children with disability in Fiji. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Suva-Nausori area, Rewa, Fiji among children with disabilities (eg, motor, vision, hearing, speech, intellectual, epi…
Lesson learned
Introduction: Children living with medical complexity (CMC) in rural areas without care coordination commonly experience difficulties accessing care and missed and/or duplicated care resulting in poorer health outcomes and greater costs for their families and the health system. Intervention: The Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS) is a co-designed integrated model of care coordination implemented in four rural local health distr…
Coordinating rural healthcare to support whole families caring for children with medical complexity
Background: Accessing healthcare for children with medical complexity (CMC) living outside of major cities is often time-consuming and challenging to navigate, impacting quality of life and wellbeing of multiple family members caring for CMC and influencing how the whole family functions. Approach: This study was nested within the implementation evaluation of Rural Kids Guided Personalised Service (RuralKidsGPS), a rural paediatric care coordinat…
Care Coordination Experiences of Whole Families Caring for Children With Medical Complexity in Rural Areas
BACKGROUND: Family caring roles create significant impacts on individual family members' physical, mental and social wellbeing, and can disrupt family financial stability, relationships and functioning. The perspectives of family members other than mothers are often omitted from research, reducing understanding of the broader impacts of supportive interventions such as care coordination. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand how multiple fami…
Medicine (8 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (5 works) · Health care (5 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (5 works) · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Service (business (4 works) · Business (3 works)