Table 1

Characteristics of studies included

Author (year) (citation) locationPrimary healthcare setting: main focus of studyDesign
Ahmaro et al (2021) England52 Pharmacies: sexual health and chlamydia testing and chlamydia treatment.Qual; I
Alexakis et al (2015) England39 General practice: needs of YP with inflammatory bowel disease from black and ethnic minority communities.Qual; I
Appleton et al (2022) England68 General practice: receiving primary care support after child and adolescent mental health services.Qual; I
Bosley et al (2021) England58 General practice and health visiting: the accessibility and expertise of HCPs.Qual; FG and I
Brigham et al (2012) England95 Health visiting: health visitors’ (HVs) perceptions of their role and skills, sharing expertise and work with other agencies.Qual; FG
Coleman-Fountain et al (2020) n/k34 General practice: exploring how autistic young adults understand and manage mental health problems.Qual; I
Condon et al (2020) England45 General practice and health visiting: using services postmigration from Romania, Poland, Pakistan or Somalia.Qual; FG
Corry and Leavey (2017) N. Ireland51 General practice: adolescents’ attitudes to consulting their GP about psychological problems.Qual; FG
Coyle et al, (2013) N. Ireland and Scotland96 Dental care: HCP’s willingness to treat adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) in primary dental care.Quant; S
Crocker et al, (2013) Wales56 General practice: consulting a GP before the day of hospital presentation with pneumonia or empyema.Mixed; S and I
Crouch et al (2019) England65 General practice: seeking help and accessing specialist treatment for childhood anxietyQual; I
Dando et al,(2019) England46 General practice: healthcare experiences of Albanian survivors of modern slavery and sexual exploitationQual; I
Davey et al (2013) England60 General practice and walk-in centres: the needs and experiences of young adults of primary healthcare services.Qual; I
Dickson (2015) N. Ireland61 Dental care: parents' perceptions of factors influencing dental registrations of children living within a Sure Start area.Qual; I
Diwakar et al (2019) England66 General practice: understanding parent experiences with paediatric allergy pathways.Qual; I
Eskytė et al (2021) England36 Health visiting: organisational factors that obstruct HVs from speaking to parents of babies about oral healthQual; I and FG
Fox et al (2017) England40 General practice and health visiting: health, education and social care services support for CYP with autism.Qual; I
Fox et al (2015) England69 General practice: identifying barriers to and enablers for discussing self-harm with YP.Mixed; online S and I
French et al (2020) UK42 General practice: exploring the primary care experiences of referral and management of ADHDQual; I
Henderson and Rubin (2014) England37 Dental care: an oral health promotion initiative to improve access for pre-school children in deprived communities.Qual; FG and I
Ingram et al (2013) n/k30 General practice: support/information needs when children have respiratory tract infections with a coughQual; FG and I
Jobanputra and Singh (2020) England70 General practice: exploring GPs’ views on the management of adolescents with mental health disordersQual; I
Jones et al (2017) England53 General practice: receiving chlamydia testing with condoms, contraceptive information and HIV testing.Qual; I
Lewney et al (2019) England67 Health visiting: HVs views about providing oral health advice and dealing with dental issuesQual; I
McDonagh et al (2020) UK54 General practice: barriers to chlamydia testing and potential intervention functions and implementation strategies.Qual; I
Mughal et al (2021) England35 General practice: help-seeking behaviours, GP care and healthcare access for YP who self-harm.Qual; I
Muirhead et al (2017) England62 Dental care: foster carers’ oral health knowledge, attitudes and experiences of managing foster children’s oral health.Qual; FG
Neill et al (2016)* England31 Primary care (all except dental and optometry): making decisions during acute childhood illness at home.Qual; FG and I
Neill et al (2015)* England32 Primary care (all except dental and optometry): information resources for decision-making in acute childhood illness at home.Qual; FG and I
O’Brien et al (2019) England71 General practice: identifying, managing and accessing specialist services for anxiety disorders.Quant; S
O’Brien et al (2017) England49 General practice: identification, management and access to specialist services for anxiety disorders.Qual; I
Ochieng (2020) England47 Health visiting: factors that either influence healthy weight in black African children.Qual; FG
Rapley et al (2021) England59 Primary care (all except optometry): experiences of care, from initial symptoms to initial referral to paediatric rheumatology.Qual; I
Rashed et al (2022) England57 Pharmacy and general practice: exploring the experiences, barriers and recommendations of caregivers and YP regarding the use of community pharmacies for children.Mixed; S
Redsell et al (2013) England73 Health visiting: the beliefs and practices of UK HVs concerning infants at risk of developing obesity.Qual; I
Rickett et al (2021) Scotland, Wales and England43 General practice: healthcare expectations and experiences of caregivers seeking support for their gender-diverse childrenMixed; S
Roberts et al (2014) England74 General practice: GPs’ experiences and views of consulting with adolescents with psychological difficulties.Qual; I
Roberts and Condon (2014) England38 Dental care: exploring parental attitudes to pre-school oral health.Qual; I
Salaheddin and Mason (2016) UK50 General practice: exploring the barriers to accessing mental health support among young adults.Mixed; S
Satherley et al (2021) England41 General practice: how mothers living in deprived neighbourhoods support their children with health conditions.Qual; I
Turnbull et al (2021) England55 Pharmacy and sexual health clinic: accessing emergency contraception pillsQual; I
Turner et al (2012) England44 General practice: views and experiences of primary care as a treatment setting for childhood obesity.Qual; I
Usher-Smith et al (2015) England33 General practice and secondary care: Explored the pathway to diagnosis of type one diabetes.Quant; S
Williams et al (2014) England and Wales63 Dental care: the impact of a community-based dental care pathway on children’s dental care entering residential or foster care.Qual; I and RDC
Williams et al (2012) England48 Not specified (preventative primary care services): African and African-Caribbean fathers' beliefs about fatherhood, health and preventive primary care services.Qual; FG
Wilson et al (2021) England64 Optometric practices: accessibility of eye care for children with typical development and those with autism.Quant; S
Yassaee et al (2017) England72 General practice: GP experiences, associations between poor reported GP experience and physical and mental health measures and service utilisation.Quant; S
  • *Reports are from the same study.

  • ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; CYP, children and young people’s; FG, focus groups; GP, general practitioner; Qual, qualitative; Quant, quantitative; RDC, routine data collection; YP, young people.