EPIC-ND: a multi-site, randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of social prescribing for the unmet social needs of children with a neurodisability and their parent/carers - a study protocol.

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Title: EPIC-ND: a multi-site, randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of social prescribing for the unmet social needs of children with a neurodisability and their parent/carers - a study protocol.
Authors: Ostojic K; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia katarina.ostojic@sydney.edu.au.; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Chiu S; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Takchi S; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Burnett H; HNEkidsRehab, John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia., Scott T; Rehab2Kids, Sydney Children's Hospital, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.; School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Waugh MC; The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Berg A; The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Hodgins M; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Killedar A; The Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Khan J; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Henry G; Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Reedman S; Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Mimmo L; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Nursing Research Unit, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Karem I; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia., Shiva S; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Azmatullah S; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Calderan J; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Mohamed M; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Olaso A; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., van Hoek D; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., van Hoek M; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Wilkinson A; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Woodbury M; EPIC-ND Group, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Strnadová I; School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Disability Innovation Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Masi A; Discipline of Psychiatry Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Chambers G; University of New South Wales National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Zwi K; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Department of Community Child Health, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Eapen V; Discipline of Psychiatry Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Elliott E; Speciality of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Kids Research, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Sherwood J; University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Dale R; Speciality of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Martin T; Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Sheedy HS; Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., McIntyre S; Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Lingam R; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Paget S; The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia.; The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Woolfenden S; Community Paediatrics Research Group, Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.; Population Child Health Research Group, Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Source: BMJ paediatrics open [BMJ Paediatr Open] 2026 Feb 03; Vol. 10 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 03.
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