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This project is to create and test a "clinical process support system" that will improve the ability of primary child health care providers (PCPs) to screen for and address family stressors during routine child health visits that are associated with negative child outcomes in a manner that is feasible and acceptable to both clinicians and parents.
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This project is to create and test a "clinical process support system" that will improve the ability of primary child health care providers (PCPs) to screen for and address family stressors during routine child health visits that are associated with negative child outcomes in a manner that is feasible and acceptable to both clinicians and parents. The family stressors assessed include: intimate partner violence (IPV), parental depression, parental stress, food insecurity, parental substance use and harsh punishment of the child. The system is designed to overcome known obstacles to addressing these issues during routine well child visits. These obstacles include: lack of PCP training in an evidence-based approach to the interview (e.g., motivational interviewing); lack of time; low parental expectations for addressing sensitive family issues during routine child "physicals"; and the usual absence of co-located mental health providers. The new Family Stress module will build on two foundations: 1) previous studies of screening using the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) tool, which showed reduced child maltreatment outcomes in two Randomized Control Trials; and 2) an existing online screening and decision support system (CHADIS). The goals are to support parents in reducing family risk and the exposure of the young child to their own Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), including child maltreatment.
The innovations in this method of addressing family stressors and overcoming the above obstacles include:
Design: A cluster randomized quality improvement intervention using the clinical process support family stress module in routine care for children 0-3 years will be conducted in 30 primary care practices. The project will enroll as many 0-4 month olds as possible and follow them to age 24 months and a cohort of 18-24 month olds as controls using online consent (not requiring staff time). For this 2.5 year project the study staff will ask physicians and office staff to complete a one hour online training, offices to notify parents to complete CHADIS when scheduling well-child visits for children 0-3 years old with the questionnaire assignments for the project including Family Assessment of Safety and Stress (FASS), and primary care clinicians to use the CHADIS Family Stress module including the care coordination functionality during the visits when that site is randomized to the intervention period. At the end of the project the study requires clinicians to complete a survey and provide information from the medical records for participating children about immunization completion and missed visits. This information can be collected in a variety of ways depending on each electronic record.
Outcomes: The outcomes anticipated for the proposed study include improved parent connection to services and parent-child relationships, and reduced family stressors, child behavior problems, harsh punishment, and Child Protection referrals for abuse and neglect. Expected outcomes include that higher parent satisfaction with the enhanced clinical process will result in lower rates of missed visits and delayed immunizations. These results should provide evidence of the effectiveness of PCP screening and referral to reduce family stressors and the evidence needed for full United States Preventive Services Task Force endorsement of this clinical process support tool for reducing child maltreatment.
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-Unable to speak and read English.
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16,630 participants in 2 patient groups
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Barbara Howard, MD; Genevieve Vullo, MHS
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