Estimating prevalence and incidence of Cerebral Palsy (CP) in children and youth in BC using multiple, linked, health administrative databases and predictive modelling. These estimates will inform recruitment into the Hip Surveillance Clinical Program, and select indicators will be collected for on-going population-level surveillance.
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) is a largely preventable chronic disability in children. There is currently no standardized care pathway in BC for DDH screening. Dr. Smith is leading the development and evaluation of this pathway using clinical and population-level data, in an effort to reduce the incidence of severe DDH requiring invasive surgical intervention. Population-level surveillance of DDH will be established.
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