Attitudes and training related to substance use in pediatric emergency departments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, pediatric emergency departments (PED) have seen an increase in presentations related to substance use among their adolescent patient population. We aimed to examine pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs on caring for adolescents with substance use.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional online survey of PEM physicians through the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC) listserv. The 41-item survey contained the following domains: demographics, current protocols and education for managing adolescent substance use, and attitudes about treatment of substance use. We calculated descriptive statistics for each variable within the domains.

Result

SUBMITTER: Hoch AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9590142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature