Courtney L Scherr, Hannah Getachew-Smith, Sydney Moe, Ashley A Knapp, Allison J Carroll, Nivedita Mohanty, Seema Shah, Andrea E Spencer, Rinad S Beidas, Lauren S Wakschlag, Justin D Smith
INTRODUCTION: Screening to promote social-emotional well-being in toddlers has positive effects on long-term health and functioning. Communication about social-emotional well-being can be challenging for primary care clinicians for various reasons including lack of time, training and expertise, resource constraints, and cognitive burden. Therefore, we explored clinicians' perspectives on identifying and communicating with caregivers about social-emotional risk in toddlers. METHOD: In 2021, semistructured interviews were conducted with pediatric clinicians (N = 20) practicing in Federally Qualified Health Centers in a single metropolitan area...
March 2024: Families, Systems & Health: the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare