title: Hiring a pediatric health care advocate for advisory and support services.
abstract: In this study, factors that influence a person's likelihood of hiring a pediatric health care advocate (HCA) for support and/or advisory services were examined. Participants were asked to read vignettes in which a child's symptom severity, probability of mortality, and age were manipulated. A significantly higher likelihood of hiring an HCA for advisory services than for support services was found. A significant interaction between level of mortality and type of service indicated that when mortality was depicted as high, participants reported a greater likelihood of hiring an HCA for support services than for advisory services.
authors: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92104, USA. Jennaleesheawooldridge@gmail.com
authors: Jennalee S
authors: JS
authors: Wooldridge
authors: Elaina A
authors: EA
authors: Vasserman-Stokes
authors: Terry A
authors: TA
authors: Cronan
authors: Melody S
authors: MS
authors: Sadler
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D003253:Consultants; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010361:Patients; D010372:Pediatrics; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires