The Cerebral Palsy Link Worker (CP LINK) study: Protocol for a feasibility study with integrated process evaluation

Kimberley J. Smith, Erica Ranzato, Miriam Creeger, Valerie L. Stevenson, Karen Lowton, Cherry Kilbride, Meriel Norris, Christina Victor, Thelonious McCarthy Budzynski, Emma Livingstone

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0343206
Published: 2026-02-23
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0343206,
  title = {The Cerebral Palsy Link Worker (CP LINK) study: Protocol for a feasibility study with integrated process evaluation},
  author = {Kimberley J. Smith and Erica Ranzato and Miriam Creeger and Valerie L. Stevenson and Karen Lowton and Cherry Kilbride and Meriel Norris and Christina Victor and Thelonious McCarthy Budzynski and Emma Livingstone},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0343206},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343206}
}

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AU  - Erica Ranzato
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AU  - Valerie L. Stevenson
AU  - Karen Lowton
AU  - Cherry Kilbride
AU  - Meriel Norris
AU  - Christina Victor
AU  - Thelonious McCarthy Budzynski
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Smith, K. J., Ranzato, E., Creeger, M., Stevenson, V. L., Lowton, K., Kilbride, C., Norris, M., Victor, C., Budzynski, T. M., & Livingstone, E. (2026). The Cerebral Palsy Link Worker (CP LINK) study: Protocol for a feasibility study with integrated process evaluation. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343206

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