Clinician Practice Patterns: Linking to Community Resources for Childhood Aggression

Creating links to community resources for childhood aggression is one component of office-based violence prevention. Evidence is lacking regarding the effect of training clinicians to make these referrals and families’ responses to them. Clinicians who received training (n=47) and parents (1093) wer...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 2006-10, Vol.45 (8), p.750-756
Main Authors: Barkin, Shari, Ip, Edward H., Finch, Stacia, Martin, Kathleen, Steffes, Jennifer, Wasserman, Richard “Mort”
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Child
Child Behavior
Child Behavior Disorders - prevention & control
Child, Preschool
Community
Community Health Services
Humans
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - education
Physician patient relationships
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Referral and Consultation
United States
Violence - prevention & control
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Summary:Creating links to community resources for childhood aggression is one component of office-based violence prevention. Evidence is lacking regarding the effect of training clinicians to make these referrals and families’ responses to them. Clinicians who received training (n=47) and parents (1093) were queried on the provision of referrals immediately after the visit. Fewer than half of clinicians (45%) reported making a community referral. A third of providers (37%) noted difficulty in identifying local resources. Training clinicians to utilize community resources for childhood aggression does not often result in creating community links for this purpose.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/0009922806292812