title: Why parents value a brief required primary care intervention that teaches discipline strategies.
abstract: English- or Spanish-speaking caregivers of 1- to 5-year-old children were instructed to view a 5- to 10-minute educational intervention in a pediatric clinic as part of the well child visit. Almost all (128/129) parents reported that the program was a valuable component of the well child visit, and of these, all 128 (100%) gave at least one reason. Most parents valued the program at a personal level, reporting that the program was educational (76.6%), reinforced their parenting (8.6%), or facilitated a discussion with their physician (2.3%). A total of 16% valued the program because it might benefit other parents. A brief routine primary care intervention that teaches discipline strategies is valued by English- and Spanish-speaking parents of young children. These findings have implications for how to routinely teach parents about discipline in primary care and the primary prevention of violence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. seth.scholer@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Scholer
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hudnut-Beumler
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D002652:Child Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*