title: Ask Me 3: improving communication in a Hispanic pediatric outpatient practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To implement Ask-Me-3, a program that encourages patients to ask questions of physicians, in a low-income, predominantly Hispanic pediatric practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  We publicized Ask-Me-3 with posters/brochures in clinic. We interviewed parents before and 6 months after implementation to determine if they knew about and used the Ask-Me- 3 questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No parents knew about Ask-Me-3 before implementation. Of 393 parents interviewed 6 months later, 42% knew about Ask-Me-3, and half of these used the questions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With a simple strategy for introducing Ask-Me-3, 20% of parents were using Ask-Me-3 six months later.
authors.affiliation: South Texas Health Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Virginia Seguin
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mika
authors.forename: Pamela R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Barry D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Treviño
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003142:Communication; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'