Well-Child Care Redesign: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Parent Experiences in the PARENT Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT), is a well-child care (WCC) model that has demonstrated effectiveness in improving the receipt of comprehensive WCC services and reducing emergency department utilization for children aged 0 to 3 in low-income communities. PARENT relies on a health educator ("parent coach") to provide WCC services; it utilizes a Web-based previsit prioritization/screening tool (Well-Visit Planner) and an automated text message reminder/education service. We sought to assess intervention feasibility and acceptability among PARENT trial intervention participants.

Methods

Intervention parents completed a survey after a 12-month study period; a 26% random sample of them were invited to participate in a qualitative i

SUBMITTER: Mimila NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555836 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature