ERIC Number: EJ1313701
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Publication Date: 2021
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From Patients to Partners: Promoting Health Equity in Pediatric Primary Care with the HealthySteps Program
Lee, Diane; Serrano, Verenea; von Schulz, Jonna; Fields, Devin; Buchholz, Melissa
ZERO TO THREE, v42 n1 p72-78 2021
Pediatric complex care clinics offer an optimal environment for integrated behavioral health services for infants and young children with medical complexity (CMC). Integrated behavioral health providers are well positioned to provide accessible care and promote development and well-being for this population with unique psychosocial needs and stressors. Furthermore, given the long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in the health care system, integrated behavioral health providers must confront and combat these disparities and the impact of racial injustice and trauma on the health of infants, young children, and families. This article describes a family and their infant who were seen by an early childhood integrated behavioral health provider (HealthySteps specialist) in a complex pediatric primary care clinic and the realities of systemic racism that the family faced as they navigated their infant's medical care. This example highlights the application and adaptation of the HealthySteps program in a complex pediatric primary care clinic and ways to support and partner with families and providers to combat systemic racism and promote health equity.
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Child Health, Pediatrics, Primary Health Care, Clinics, Allied Health Personnel, Access to Health Care, Mental Health, Racial Bias, Trauma, Family Needs, Childhood Needs, Children, Infants, Intervention, Minority Groups, African Americans, Social Justice
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