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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"pediatric primary care"”.
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Improving recognition of hypertension in pediatric primary care
Problem: Pediatric hypertension is a growing health concern that often goes unrecognized due to the complexity of diagnosis. Blood pressure reference ranges vary according to a child's age, sex, and height, and diagnosis requires multiple measurements from multiple encounters. These factors, …
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Obesity Education For Hmong Adolescents With Obesity In Pediatric Primary Care
<p>Pediatric obesity has doubled over the past four decades, affecting 19.7% of children in the United States. This chronic, complex condition is shaped by the social determinants of health, particularly among marginalized minorities such as the Hmong community. Obesity not only increases morbidity …
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Psychosocial Concerns and Childhood Overweight in Pediatric Primary Care Clinics Serving Rural Appalachia.
… of psychosocial concerns presenting in 3 pediatric primary care clinics serving rural Appalachia. The association between pediatric weight status and psychosocial concerns was examined. Methods: Caregivers of children presenting in one of 3 pediatric primary care facilities completed a …
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Integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care: Identifying latent patient subgroups and differential outcomes
<p>Fifty percent of children do not receive care for their mental health concerns, while 95% are seen annually within primary care by age 6. Individual, cultural, and systemic barriers limit access to mental health care. Integrating mental health services into primary care has the potential to …
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Adapting An Evidence-Based Pediatric Acute Asthma Exacerbation Severity Assessment Tool For Pediatric Primary Care
… to examine criteria derived from evidence-based pediatric acute asthma exacerbation assessment tools, asthma scores, and the acute asthma prediction rule validated and utilized in the emergency department and to adapt these criteria for pediatric primary care.</p> <p>Method: Three stages of the …
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Feasibility and acceptability of a pediatric primary care physician training for anxiety screening and psychoeducation
… most prevalent psychological conditions in the pediatric population with significant impacts that often extend into adulthood. Pediatricians are in a unique position to screen and briefly intervene to facilitate early treatment and prevent long-term sequelae, but they often do not have adequate …
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Children's Primary Health Care Services: A Social-Cognitive Model of Sustained High Use
… ultimately drive and maintain children's health care use. Eighty-seven primary caretakers of children ages 4 to 9 years completed measures of child health and behavior, parental stress and functioning, and social cognitive measures related to parenting and health care use. Primary care use data …
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Effects of a screening instrument and parent handouts on physicians recognition and intervention of childrens behavioral and emotional problems
… of a screening instrument and parent handouts on pediatric residents' recognition and intervention of children's behavioral and emotional problems. Four pediatric residents and 52 parent-child dyads attending a pediatric primary care clinic participated in the study. A multiple baseline design …
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Improving pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the primary care setting
Background and Significance: Caregiver vaccine hesitancy (VH) is a barrier to pediatric health. Current pediatric vaccination rates nationwide fall below the national recommendations. Understanding contributors to individualized hesitancy while employing motivational interviewing (MI) techniques …
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Support for screening and intervening on adolescent depression: Provider-reported training outcomes
… among adolescents, the American Academy of Pediatrics has strongly recommended active support and monitoring of depressive symptoms in pediatric primary care. Primary care providers (PCPs), however, do not have sufficient training to provide this level of care, contributing to low rates of …
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AN EXPLORATION OF HOW AND WHY PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS EDUCATE INFANT CAREGIVERS ABOUT POSITIONING
… with survey methodology was used with 66 pediatric primary care providers responding to 26 questions. Overall, PCPs are educating caregivers about sleep positioning with a high frequency. There was a relationship between practice site, and the frequency of sleep positioning education is …
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An Economic Evaluation of Primary Care Behavioral Health in Pediatrics: A Case Study
<p>A barrier cited by primary care administrators in integrating behavioral health is financial risk. Fee-for-service billing mechanisms remain complex and there is little empirical guidance on cost-effective models. This study was an economic evaluation of an integrated care model in a pediatric …
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Reducing Loss To Follow Up in Foster Children: Standardizing the Intake Protocol
<p>This paper focuses on the intake process at a pediatric primary care clinic whose patient population is primarily foster children. <strong> </strong>The end goal was to contribute to a decrease in patients who are lost to follow up due to a non-standardized process of admitting patients to the …
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Diverse Families Navigating Mental Health at the Pediatrician’s Office: A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Interplay of Stress, Culture, and Child Mental Health in the Primary Care Setting
… low participation in traditional mental health care. General pediatricians are often the first and only healthcare providers with whom many families engage around their child’s emotional and behavioral development. Using both quantitative analysis of retrospective secondary data and …
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Electronic Cigarette Education for Parents of Adolescents
… health risks, education should be provided by pediatric primary care providers during adolescent well child exams. Methods. This project utilized a pre-education and post-education survey to assess for changes in parental knowledge after delivery of The Real Cost campaign’s evidence-based …
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Social Ecological Factors Associated with Parental Vaccination Decisions and Perceptions of Barriers to Childhood Immunizations
… or vaccinations-only visit to one of two pediatric primary care clinics located in San Diego County. The social ecological model was used to guide this dissertation. A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study was conducted using the standardized instrument, Searching for Hardships …
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The Effect of Shapedown on Habits and Self-Esteem for Overweight and Obese Children
… from elementary schools and referred by pediatric primary care providers. The data collection measures included a revised self-esteem scale (Harter, 1985), and the Children's Habit and Family Habit inventories. The inventories were administered pre- and post- a SHAPEDOWN intervention for …
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An Evidence Based Practice Training and Educational Curriculum for Adolescent Mental Health Promotion
… for mental health can be impacted by healthcare providers. The prevalence rate of mental health disorders, worldwide and in Alaska, in adolescents continues to rise, indicating that this is a priority age to promote the development of positive mental health. The Positive Youth Development …
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Educating Teens on the Risks of Vaping: A QI Project
… presented to children ages 13-18 years at a primary care health clinic in Queen Creek, Arizona. Changes in both knowledge and opinions about vaping were evaluated before and after the presentation of a PowerPoint presentation with an embedded instructional video. Methods: Over a three-week …
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Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
… Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher costs, …