Correction to “Falling Short: Continued Challenges in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children with Special Health Care Needs”

This study evaluates the influence of comprehensive health care coordination for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in a resident continuity clinic. CSHCN patients were identified from 2 resident continuity panels. Patients were eligible with a score of 2 or greater on the CSHCN screener. Interventions included extended appointment times, a binder, and direct phone access to the social worker who facilitated follow-up appointment scheduling. Data measured included completed and no-show visits for primary care and subspecialty appointments, hospitalization and emergency department visits, use of binders, and parent satisfaction surveys. Patients with a baseline CSHCN screener score ≥4 were 15.6 times more likely to keep their appointment after enrollment ( P = .0035). Mental health no-show visits decreased significantly ( P < .0001). The utilization of components of comprehensive team-based care coordination, even with limited resources, can improve the delivery of health care for children with complex medical needs and mental health disorders in a resident-based clinic.

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Barriers to Mental Health Services for Parents and Siblings of Children with Special Health Care Needs

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-022-02228-x ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Genevieve Graaf ◽

Philip Baiden ◽

Latocia Keyes ◽

George Boyd

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Special Health

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Some low-income parents do not recognize mental health problems and service needs of children with special health care needs

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556302006-010 ◽

2004 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Service Needs ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Special Health

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Physical and Mental Health of Mothers and Fathers Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: The Influence of Community Resources

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x211035580 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0192513X2110355

Author(s):

Claudia Sellmaier

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Community Resources ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Mothers And Fathers ◽

Special Health

Research has demonstrated that caring for children with special health care needs (SHCN) affects parental health and well-being. The current study examines effects of community resources on physical and mental health of mothers and fathers caring for a child with SHCN. Analysis of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health found that fathers rated their physical and mental health higher than mothers. Greater neighborhood safety and fewer days missed school were significant community resources for both mothers’ and fathers’ physical and mental health. Health care resources were only significant predictors for mothers’ health but not for fathers’. The analysis found significant moderating relationships between days missed school and child symptomology and days missed school and maternal employment on mothers’ mental health. The importance of economic security and community resources for parental health when caring for a child with special health care needs is discussed, and practice and policy implications are developed.

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O Experience of mothers in the care of children and adolescents with special health needs

Acta Scientiarum Health Sciences ◽

10.4025/actascihealthsci.v42i1.51311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. e51311

Author(s):

Iven Giovanna Trindade Lino ◽

Patrícia Chatalov Ferreira ◽

Vanessa Carla Batista ◽

Sonia Silva Marcon ◽

Marcela de Oliveira Demitto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Health Needs ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Special Health ◽

At Home

To describe the family's experience in home care for children and adolescents with special health needs. Qualitative research supported by the theoretical framework of Patient- and Family-Centered Care, carried out in an Association that serves Children and Adolescents who need special health care in a municipality in the southern region of Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight mothers of children and adolescents with special health care needs, which were recorded and transcribed verbatim, and subjected to content analysis in the thematic modality. Two categories were identified: Family reorganization to care for children with special health care needs at home; and Invisibility of the woman/mother. Caring for CSHCN at home imposes on families the need to reorganize themselves, so that the mother can dedicate herself, almost entirely, to this function, including neglecting health care. Despite this dedication, mothers do not recognize activities developed as difficult; however they make self-care invisible in relation to child care.

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