Creating a community advisory board for pediatric bladder health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pediatric lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are highly prevalent in neurologically healthy school-aged children. However, no evidence-based programs exist to prevent or treat LUTS in the community setting. To address this, we established the first community advisory board (CAB) that aims to identify individual and societal structures impacting pediatric bladder health in Northern California's Bay Area and co-design culturally relevant bladder health interventions.

Methods

Probability and non-probability sampling methods were used to recruit community stakeholders to the CAB. Our final CAB comprised of two parents, two community health workers, one educator, one pediatric urology registered nurse, and one pediatrician. The CAB met quarterly during the 1-year st

SUBMITTER: Teehan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11287218 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature