Vinkrya N Ellison, Kishan R Desai, Angelica R Eddington, Kristoffer S Berlin
{"title":"Commentary: Breaking barriers, centering community voices, and advancing equitable diabetes care for Black and Latine families-lessons from the TEAM intervention.","authors":"Vinkrya N Ellison, Kishan R Desai, Angelica R Eddington, Kristoffer S Berlin","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"399-401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sisi Chen, Jiying Ling, Reese Buhlman, Sophia Tadavich, Tsui-Sui Annie Kao
{"title":"Acceptability and satisfaction of a mindfulness-based healthy eating and stress management program targeting economically marginalized families in a pilot trial.","authors":"Sisi Chen, Jiying Ling, Reese Buhlman, Sophia Tadavich, Tsui-Sui Annie Kao","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf010","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To inform and improve future program development, particularly with economically marginalized families, this study aimed to examine the acceptance and satisfaction of a mindfulness-based healthy eating and stress management program among participating parents and daycare teachers in a pilot trial.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods study was conducted to evaluate a 14-week mindfulness-based program implemented with 107 English-speaking Head Start children (ages 3-5 years) and their parents. The program included a school-based mindful eating curriculum, a home-based parent component to promote mindful eating and reduce parental stress, and a bridging activity connecting home practice with school learning. Quantitative evaluation data were collected from 84 parents (Mage = 30.12 years) and 12 teachers (Mage = 43.92 years) via Qualtrics. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 parents (Mage = 31.55 years). Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyze data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both quantitative (95.2%) and qualitative data demonstrated overall satisfaction with the entire program. About 83%-92% of teachers and 85% of parents considered the school-based curriculum to be satisfactory and acceptable. About 88%-100% of parents were satisfied with the Facebook private group and parent meetings. Approximately 91% of parents found the child letters helpful in connecting and translating school learning into mindful practices at home.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results demonstrate high levels of acceptance and satisfaction with the mindfulness-based program among economically marginalized families and daycare teachers. Findings provide several key implications for future interventions to incorporate a mindful eating curriculum into daycare routines, proactively connect home practices with school learning to enhance the interactive influence between children and parents, and form a virtual peer support community through social media platforms and group meetings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"402-411"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12112440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vinkrya N Ellison, Kristoffer S Berlin, Kishan R Desai, Kasey R Harry, Corey T Jackson, Mary E Keenan-Pfeiffer, Jessica L Cook, Rachel L Ankney, Kimberly L Klages, Katherine A Semenkovich, Tiffany M Rybak, Gabrielle G Banks, Kathryn Sumpter, Angelica R Eddington
{"title":"Development, validation, and item bias assessment of the Self-Care Inventory-Short-Form among racially and income-diverse adolescents living with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers.","authors":"Vinkrya N Ellison, Kristoffer S Berlin, Kishan R Desai, Kasey R Harry, Corey T Jackson, Mary E Keenan-Pfeiffer, Jessica L Cook, Rachel L Ankney, Kimberly L Klages, Katherine A Semenkovich, Tiffany M Rybak, Gabrielle G Banks, Kathryn Sumpter, Angelica R Eddington","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Youth with type 1 diabetes and their families engage in complex health behaviors to help manage blood glucose levels and to reduce the risk of serious health complications. Given well-documented health disparities in pediatric diabetes, rapid and equitable assessment of diabetes self-care can help identify potential areas where support is needed. This purpose of this study was to (a) develop a short-form of the Self-Care Inventory-Revised (SCI-R) and (b) evaluate validity, reliability, and differential item functioning (DIF) across several socio-illness-demographic variables of the full and short-form SCI-R.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 181 adolescent-caregiver dyads from the Predicting Resiliency in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes (PRYDE) study who completed a 15-item version of the SCI-R. Adolescents (age: M = 14.64, SD =1.70, range 12-18 years), identifying as female (n = 92), male (n = 92), Black/AA (57%), and/or White (43%), also completed diabetes-specific measures of stress and Health-related Quality of Life (T1D-HRQoL). Youths' most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values were extracted from their medical records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Initial items selected based on the six highest factor loadings of 15 were evaluated using DIF analyses. The final 6-item youth and caregiver SCI-SF6 totals correlated with HbA1c, stress, and T1D-HRQoL. They were invariant across participant dyads at the scalar level (root mean squared error of approximation =.077, 90% CI: .056-.098; comparative fit index =.971, standardized root mean square residual = .0490). DIF analyses failed to reject the null hypothesis for item bias factor loadings or item thresholds across age, family income, HbA1c, racial category, gender, and illness duration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results support initial evidence of equitable assessment, measurement invariance, validity, and reliability for SCI-SF6 across important socio-illness-demographic variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"420-432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Parchem, Johnny Berona, Claire A Coyne, Judith T Moskowitz, Yee-Ming Chan, Diane Ehrensaft, Robert Garofalo, Marco A Hidalgo, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Stephen M Rosenthal, Amy C Tishelman, Diane Chen
{"title":"Minority stress, mental health, and substance use in transgender youth: the moderating role of positive affect.","authors":"Benjamin Parchem, Johnny Berona, Claire A Coyne, Judith T Moskowitz, Yee-Ming Chan, Diane Ehrensaft, Robert Garofalo, Marco A Hidalgo, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Stephen M Rosenthal, Amy C Tishelman, Diane Chen","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the relationships between gender minority stressors and mental health outcomes among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth and explore the moderating role of positive affect.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Baseline data of 315 TGD youth (ages 12-20 years old) from the Trans Youth Care-United States study comprised the analytic sample. Youth completed three subscales of the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Measure for Adolescents (GMSR-A; nondisclosure of gender identity/gender history, negative future expectations, and internalized transphobia), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2), Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screen Test (ASSIST), and the NIH Toolbox Positive Affect survey. Regression analyses using the Hayes PROCESS macro assessed moderation effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Gender minority stressors were associated with more symptoms of depression (r = 0.29 to 0.42) and anxiety (r = 0.32 to 0.42) and were not significantly associated with substance use (r = -0.01 to 0.10). Positive affect was negatively associated with gender minority stressors (r = -0.19 to -0.24) and mental health/substance use outcomes (r = -0.16 to -0.63). Positive affect significantly buffered the association between nondisclosure of gender identity and depressive symptoms (ΔR2 = 0.02) and protected against the impact of internalized transphobia on anxiety symptoms (ΔR2 = 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Positive affect is a promising modifiable protective factor that buffers the negative impact of gender minority stress on the mental well-being of TGD youth. Adapting existing positive emotion interventions for TGD youth is an indicated future direction for research and clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"412-419"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12112439/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avani C Modi, Kurt A Freeman, Cecelia Valrie, Marisa E Hilliard, Eleanor R Mackey, Katie A Devine, Susan Wood
{"title":"Editorial: The Journal of Pediatric Psychology remains committed to advancing pediatric psychology science.","authors":"Avani C Modi, Kurt A Freeman, Cecelia Valrie, Marisa E Hilliard, Eleanor R Mackey, Katie A Devine, Susan Wood","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf037","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madeleine C Suhs, Alexander O'Donnell, Julia Ellis, Jill Weissberg-Benchell, Michael A Harris, Jaclyn L Papadakis
{"title":"Evaluating representativeness: recruitment for a virtual family-based intervention focused on the transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care†.","authors":"Madeleine C Suhs, Alexander O'Donnell, Julia Ellis, Jill Weissberg-Benchell, Michael A Harris, Jaclyn L Papadakis","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Recruiting representative samples of youth for behavioral health interventions is challenging yet necessary to translate research into practice and eliminate health disparities. Transition-aged youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) represent a vulnerable population; not enough attention is given to their inclusion in behavioral health interventions. Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Diabetes Transition (BFST-DT) is an intervention aimed at improving transition readiness and is currently being pilot tested. The objectives of this study are to (1) evaluate the representativeness of the enrolled sample based on demographic and medical characteristics and (2) evaluate recruitment communication preferences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty adolescents (Mage = 16.57 years) with T1D and their caregiver(s) were recruited from a large urban hospital. Demographic and medical variables were collected via electronic medical record. Research staff recorded recruitment details about communication attempts and methods and reasons for participation decline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Those who enrolled in the intervention had more insulin pump usage than the recruitment population. Those who enrolled communicated primarily over email, while those who declined preferred phone. The length of time before a participation decision was communicated was similar between the enrolled and declined groups at about 6 weeks. The main reason for declining to participate was lack of interest.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Recruitment strategies were mostly effective in recruiting a representative sample of adolescents with T1D. Findings have implications for recruiting populations that are challenging to engage in intervention research. Future research should prioritize the stratification of historically underrepresented groups during recruitment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"433-441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashley M Butler, Marisa E Hilliard, Krystal Christopher, Marissa Baudino, Charles Minard, Lefkothea Karaviti
{"title":"Feasibility and acceptability of the TEAM pilot trial with African American and Latino families.","authors":"Ashley M Butler, Marisa E Hilliard, Krystal Christopher, Marissa Baudino, Charles Minard, Lefkothea Karaviti","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf001","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We adapted the empirically supported Family Teamwork intervention protocol to support collaborative parent involvement in type 1 diabetes (T1D) management among African American and Latino parents of children with T1D. This randomized pilot study aimed to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of the Type 1 Diabetes Empowerment and Management (TEAM) intervention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>African American and Latino parents (n = 59; 65% recruitment rate) of youth (ages 5-10 years, M = 8.9 ± 1.6 years; 59% female, M hemoglobin A1c 9.0% ± 1.9%) with diabetes duration of ≥1 year and who were fluent in English and not planning to leave the geographic area were recruited and randomized 3:1 to the TEAM intervention (n = 44) or usual diabetes care alone (n = 15). The intervention consisted of six group-based sessions co-led by a study interventionist and a trained parent leader, plus five phone calls with the parent leader. Secondary outcomes included psychosocial questionnaires and HbA1c at baseline and 12 months post-baseline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants attended a mean of 2.1 ± 2.0 (33%) TEAM intervention sessions. Acceptability ratings (5-point scale) among parents who completed ≥1 session (n = 28) were high: helpfulness (4.5 ± 0.75), encouraged new perspectives (4.5 ± 0.58), enjoyment (4.4 ± 0.70), learned new information/skills (4.3 ± 0.70), prompted change to diabetes management (4.6 ± 0.69), and positive impact on family (4.5 ± 0.69). Qualitative interviews (n = 35) indicated positive perspectives about emotional and informational support and suggestions for adding child intervention components. Pre-post data completion rates were 92% for questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite feasibility challenges, the TEAM intervention was acceptable among parents who attended sessions. Reducing barriers to session attendance may be warranted to impact psychosocial and clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04053504.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"388-398"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143731568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle C Mountain, Stephanie Shoop-Worrall, Lis Cordingley, Sarah Peters, Janet E McDonagh, Coziana Ciurtin, Gavin Cleary, Rebecca R Lee, Kimme Hyrich, Daniela Ghio
{"title":"The interplay between pain and disease activity: personal models of pain beliefs and emotional representations in children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a UK nationwide prospective inception cohort.","authors":"Danielle C Mountain, Stephanie Shoop-Worrall, Lis Cordingley, Sarah Peters, Janet E McDonagh, Coziana Ciurtin, Gavin Cleary, Rebecca R Lee, Kimme Hyrich, Daniela Ghio","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a group of childhood-onset inflammatory rheumatic conditions characterized by pain as one of the most common and distressing symptoms. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate whether relationships between reported pain and disease activity in JIA affected beliefs about pain, known as \"personal models.\"</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>187 out of a possible 363 participants with JIA who completed questionnaires about function and pain perception were recruited through the Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study (CAPS). A pre-selected pain score threshold and validated disease activity score cut-offs were used to assign the participants into four groups: low pain/low disease, low pain/high disease, high pain/low disease, and high pain/high disease. Multivariable linear regressions examined associations between the groups and their \"personal models.\"</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to participants with low pain/low disease, those with high pain/high disease and those with high pain/low disease were more likely to sense greater threat, have more negative emotional representations, and perceive less control over their pain. Participants with low pain/high disease had similar pain beliefs compared to those with low pain/low disease.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first study to compare \"personal models\" of pain in JIA. Children and young people who experience high pain severity regardless of disease activity perceived high pain threat, low controllability, and negative emotional representations. This highlights the importance of considering and addressing personal models of pain at diagnosis, especially those who present high levels of pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring academic achievement and relevant risk factors among a community sample of adolescents with chronic pain compared to peers.","authors":"Darragh Mullen, Melissa Pielech, Agnieszka Graham, Anthea Percy","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare adolescents in the United Kingdom with chronic pain with their peers in relation to psychological and behavioral outcomes (i.e., mental health, bullying, substance use) and academic achievement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were adolescents with chronic pain (n = 856) and peers without chronic pain (n = 3,093) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) who attended a research clinic in the United Kingdom at 17 years and completed data collection at multiple timepoints. Chi-square and t-tests were used to explore group differences across psychological and behavioral measures. Regression and mediation analyses examined the relationship between chronic pain and academic achievement measures, including the derived variables of pathway to higher education and educational qualifications.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents with chronic pain were found to experience more difficulties with mental health, bullying, and substance use. Additionally, a relationship between chronic pain and reporting a pathway to higher education was found after key variables were accounted for, although group differences were not observed across other academic achievement measures. Further analyses identified a moderate indirect effect of chronic pain on reporting a pathway to higher education when mediated by sleep difficulties.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The limited predictive relationship between chronic pain and academic achievement potentially indicates that, despite struggling more with factors such as mental health, bullying, and substance use, adolescents with chronic pain may utilize enhanced skills in maintaining a developmental trajectory at school or external factors such as support from their caregivers or school. The complex interrelationship between sleep and chronic pain is also an important consideration for the ability to achieve academically.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne E Kazak, Michele A Scialla, Nithya Ramaswamy, Janet A Deatrick, Kamyar Arasteh, Shannon N Hammer, Lamia P Barakat
{"title":"Topical review: family psychosocial risk screening and social determinants of health assessment.","authors":"Anne E Kazak, Michele A Scialla, Nithya Ramaswamy, Janet A Deatrick, Kamyar Arasteh, Shannon N Hammer, Lamia P Barakat","doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf006","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social-ecological factors are highly congruent with social determinants of health (SDOH): Economic Stability; Educational Access/Quality; Healthcare Access/Quality; Neighborhood/Built Environment; and Social/Community Context. In this topical review, the correspondence of social-ecological theory with SDOH and assessment approaches is reviewed. The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is used to show how existing tools may facilitate SDOH screening.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>SDOH are defined, and their link to pediatric health outcomes is presented, followed by a review of the social-ecological model. Feasible, valid, and actionable approaches to assessment of social ecology and SDOH are presented with a focus on the PAT, a brief caregiver report screener based on social-ecological theory, validated in English, Spanish, and in multiple conditions and adapted/translated internationally. Multidisciplinary healthcare providers (n = 25) completed an online survey, indicating whether each PAT item fit into SDOH categories.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite different approaches to assessing SDOH, there are few feasible and evidence-based approaches. Most PAT items (78%) were consistent with one of the SDOH categories by the majority of raters. PAT items corresponded to all five SDOH categories. Some items about child behavior and family were not categorized as an SDOH, reflecting the broader context of screening with the PAT.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The assessment of SDOH is a priority, but approaches to assessment and linking outcomes to intervention remain underdeveloped. As an evidence-based screener in pediatric healthcare, based on social-ecological and public health models, the PAT may provide a means of identifying relevant SDOH in pediatric practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48372,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"320-325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}