Sentences with phrase «pediatric primary care as»

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I supervise pediatric residents as they learn to provide primary care, to offer guidance to parents as they struggle with all the complexities of baby and toddler sleep, eating, potty training, discipline and tantrums.

They also worked together as Clinical Assistant Professors of Psychology in Pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical College to support the integration of mental health care into pediatric primary care.

Based on the published results, Legacy is now being pilot tested in a variety of community settings, such as the Administration for Children and Families» Early Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration's Healthy Start, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Project LAUNCH, the American Academy of Pediatrics» pediatric primary care, and Tulsa Educare.

However, there are no set guidelines on how many providers the networks must include, where they must be located or if the child may see a pediatric dentist as their primary dental care provider.

She recently served as a consultant on a Department of Defense - funded project to create an integrated system of hospital and primary care - based pediatric obesity care.

As a nurse in a family primary care providers office, I have assisted the doctors in providing prenatal care, pediatric care, gynecological care, geriatric care and everything else that patients requirer.

The prevalence of maternal depressive symptoms reported by screening this large national sample of indigent mothers interviewed between 1992 and 1993 is similar to the prevalence reported for low - income mothers of young children at a Baltimore pediatric primary care clinic in 1984 (41 % vs 35 %, respectively).8 In addition, the extent of family poverty in this study has a «dose - response» association with maternal depressive symptoms that is similar to that reported in another (smaller) national sample from the 1990s.15 In both studies, as well as this study, mothers with lower incomes reported higher levels of depressive symptoms.

Only a limited number of well - validated screens suitable for use in primary care for broad screening of family psychosocial risk and family support and functioning are available, although a few show promise.54 — 56 There are screening measures for specific psychosocial stressors, such as maternal depression, and these have been shown to be feasible in pediatric settings.57, 58 Family screening for psychosocial risk within pediatric settings, however, raises a number of dilemmas, including concerns about liability and payment and who is responsible for an adult's well - being after a problem is detected.59

From an ecological perspective, availability of comprehensive primary care is strongly associated with improved population health.2, 9 The FCMH was initially conceived in pediatrics in the 1960s and 1970s as a model for providing comprehensive pediatric care.10 Over the past 3 decades the medical home model has been further refined, defining the medical home as accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family - centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective.11, 12 The central goal of the FCMH is to facilitate partnerships between patients, families, clinicians, and community resources to improve children's health, and the joint principles for the FCMH have been widely endorsed.7

Specific home visitation programs, especially with nurses supporting parents prenatally and then after the baby is born, have been carefully evaluated.17 - 19 Parenting programs also offer valuable guidance and can be effective, such as the Triple P intervention.20 Another example is the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) model of pediatric primary care.21 Building on the relationship between pediatrician and family, SEEK identifies and helps address prevalent risk factors such as parental depression.

This study replicated in a new, large national sample findings from a derivation sample collected about 15 years earlier and therefore supports the continued use of the PSC - 17 as a measure of psychosocial functioning in pediatric primary care and research.

Within this same context, the health dimension of early childhood policy has focused largely on the traditional components of primary pediatric care, such as immunizations, early identification of sensory impairments and developmental delays, and the prompt diagnosis and treatment of medical problems.

Hubs serve as a single point of entry for families to link to services including health insurance, primary care / pediatric medical homes, WIC, Part C Early Intervention, child behavioral health and mental health, and early education programs.

Children considered to have more severe psychiatric disturbances, like depression and conduct disorder, may be triaged to child psychiatric clinics as opposed to pediatric primary care settings.

In this role, she serves as the quantitative methodologist for a large - scale, multisite study of pediatric primary care toxic stress prevention initiatives.

As a Researcher at Chapin Hall, Byers collaborates on studies that include system - focused evaluation of child welfare, pediatric primary care, and early childhood service systems.

This continuum ranges from coordination of care for children and families, to co-location of mental health with primary care services, to an integrated approach that involves strategies such as embedding a mental health consultant into pediatric practices, developing shared treatment plans across physicians and mental health consultants, and implementing shared data systems that integrate behavioral and medical electronic health records.