Mental Health
School-Based Health Centers as Medical Homes: Parents' and Adolescents' Perspectives
Preventive health services are underutilized by US adolescents, especially those from low-income populations. School-based health centers (SBHCs) have been endorsed as primary medical homes for adolescents. This study was undertaken to determine how adolescent SBHC users and their parents perceive SBHCs, particularly whether SBHCs fulfill each of the elements of a medical home as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics.Mental Health Beliefs and Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services in Youth Aging out of Foster Care
To examine the perspectives of youth on factors that influence mental health service use after aging out of foster care.Latino Parents' Perspectives on Barriers to Autism Diagnosis
Latino children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) at older ages and at the point of more severe symptoms. We sought to qualitatively describe community, family, and health care system barriers to ASD diagnosis in Latino children.Attrition and Family Participation in Obesity Treatment Programs: Clinicians' Perceptions
The majority of participants drop out of pediatric obesity treatment programs; however, clinicians have little knowledge of how to address this problem. The objective of this study was to explore obesity treatment clinicians' perceptions of contributors to attrition, as well as methods to maintain family participation.Primary Care and Children's Mental Health in Brazil
Primary care offers opportunities to expand children's access to mental health (MH) services, but a given practice's community context and staff attitudes may influence which integration models are feasible. The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of using community-based primary care to increase access to MH services in low-income communities in Brazil.
