It is a large region with a widely dispersed population of around 8.5million people. Seville and Malaga are the main cities, with populations of 689,000 and 569,000 respectively.
The size of the region and rural nature of many of the communities present challenges for the planning, commissioning and delivery of public services, including pre-school support and early life care. Recognising this, regional authorities set about building an Early Warning Information System that helped them record the number of Andalucían children aged six and under with developmental problems and their family circumstances.
The online platform, introduced in 2011, includes three main types of information: general information about the family, data about the child's problem or health condition, and information about the child's school and socio-economic circumstances. Its overall aim is to aid commissioners and providers of services to put support in place earlier and enable better co-ordination of provision.
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