Four oral and poster presentations at the 6th Congress of the EAPS 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

What is it about?

1. M. Ogundele. “The Burden of School-Age Childhood Behavioural Disorders and their Co-Morbidities in a Local District of North-West England." 2. M. Ogundele. “Does the socio-economic status influence the prevalence of childhood behavioural disorders? Experience from a local District of N-West England” 3. HF Ayyash, Michael O. Ogundele, Ruth Wisbey, Emma Weisblatt, Lorraine Cuff, Reddy Venkat. “The Outcome of an ADHD Parenting Group Training Programme (APEG) In The Peterborough Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS)” 4. HF Ayyash, Michael O. Ogundele, , Gidado Tukur, Claire Brett. “Improving Postgraduate Teaching Experience with a Standardised Feedback Tool”

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Why is it important?

1. Behavioural problems is common among school-age population(1%). The highest prevalence was in the most deprived areas of the community. There was high prevalence of family and social adversities including separated parents (24%), fostered / adopted (11%) and previous exposure to abuse, domestic violence or neglect (9%). 2. Socioeconomic deprivation is significantly associated with the prevalence of behavior problems in children living in the North-West of England, with the prevalence in the most deprived decile (11.6/1000) being 193 times that of the most affluent areas. 3. Provision of a psychosocial intervention programme for parents of ADHD children through the APEG course proved to be effective in significantly improving the level of knowledge and understanding of parents regarding several aspects of ADHD diagnosis, symptom identification and behaviour control. 4. There is an overall high level of satisfaction among students and trainees with the Pediatric departmental teaching programmers, with teaching “Content” attracted the greatest admiration (68%) followed by the “Presentation” style (44%).

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