title: Overcoming obstacles: challenges of caring for an urban pediatric population.
abstract: There are many challenges to working with pediatric patients at home, and they are complicated when the family lives in the inner city. The VNA of Boston has overcome many of the challenges through its unique Maternal Child Health team--a good model for any pediatric care team.
authors.affiliation: Visiting Nurse Association of Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuthbert-Allman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burrows
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D016272:Occupational Health; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D014186:Transportation; D014505:Urban Population