Ask Me 3: improving communication in a Hispanic pediatric outpatient practice.
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.
Mika
Virginia Seguin
VS
South Texas Health Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Wood
Pamela R
PR
Weiss
Barry D
BD
Treviño
Leah
L
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003142:Communication; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'