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) 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.
Barkin
Shari
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Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Edward H
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Finch
Stacia
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Martin
Kathleen
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Steffes
Jennifer
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Wasserman
Richard Mort
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D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*