Behavior Problems in Low-Income Young Children Screened in Pediatric Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Screening of behavior problems in young children in pediatric primary care is essential to timely intervention and optimizing trajectories for social-emotional development. Identifying differential behavior problem trajectories provides guidance for tailoring prevention and treatment.

Objective

To identify trajectories of behavior problems in children 2 to 6 years of age screened in pediatric primary care.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study identified trajectories of behavior problems and demographic and clinical correlates. Data were collected as part of routine care in 3 pediatric primary care offices and 3 school-based health centers in Ohio serving a primarily low-income population. In total, 15 218 children aged 2 to 6 ye

SUBMITTER: Ammerman RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580154 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature