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Healthy Steps: Resident’s Perceptions

Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Iowa at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Claibourne I. Dungy, MD, MPH

Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Iowa at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Ellen A. Link, MD

Healthy Steps Iowa, The Children’s Hospital of Iowa at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

The objective of this study is to determine pediatric residents’ perception of Healthy Steps for Young Children, Healthy Steps Iowa, and Healthy Steps specialists. Twenty-nine of 37 (78%) pediatric residents participated in this survey. The Healthy Steps specialists facilitated pediatric residents’ learning of anticipatory guidance (69%), and assured the patients received information efficiently (69%). Sixty-two percent reported that the Healthy Steps specialists did not interfere with their relationship as the patient’s primary care provider. Seventy-six percent would consider using Healthy Steps specialists in their future practice. Program improvement areas include improving clinic efficiency with the incorporation of Healthy Steps specialists; increasing the pediatric residents’ awareness of family violence, mental illness, and substance abuse; and improving their method of referral to community contacts.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 43, No. 8, 743-748 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300809


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