Education-based professionals’ perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to ethnic minority parents’ access to neurodevelopmental services in England: a mixed-methods approach
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Systemic and institutional barriers impede ethnic minority parents' access, including complex referral pathways, lengthy waits, and limited cultural competence among services.
Language, cultural beliefs, stigma, and limited awareness reduce parental engagement and recognition of neurodevelopmental concerns.
Facilitators are culturally tailored outreach, interpreter support, professional training, and coordinated multiagency working to improve identification and timely access.
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