Dylan B Jackson, Rebecca L Fix, Alexander Testa, Lindsey Webb, Tamar Mendelson, Sirry Alang, Lisa Bowleg
{"title":"Police Avoidance Among Black Youth.","authors":"Dylan B Jackson, Rebecca L Fix, Alexander Testa, Lindsey Webb, Tamar Mendelson, Sirry Alang, Lisa Bowleg","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Police violence is a public health crisis that disproportionately impacts youth of color, particularly Black youth. These disparities may also compel Black youth to engage in police avoidance (ie, efforts to circumvent police contact and surveillance). Even so, research on Black youths' engagement in police avoidance is lacking. The present study is the first to investigate factors that may underpin police avoidance among Black youth.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data come from the Survey of Police-Adolescent Contact Experiences (SPACE), a recent, cross-sectional, non-probability survey of Black youth (around 52% male) aged 12-21 in Baltimore City, Maryland (n = 345).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate that youth 1) identifying as bisexual or queer, 2) perceiving lower safety at home and in their neighborhoods, 3) reporting more negative attitudes about police, and 4) engaging in delinquent behaviors reported significantly greater police avoidance. Furthermore, youth who reported a greater number of known persons stopped by the police (eg, family members, friends, neighbors) and had personally experienced officer intrusion during direct or witnessed stops (eg, harsh language, threats of force, use of force) also exhibited greater police avoidance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) identity, reduced perceptions of environmental safety, negative attitudes about police, delinquent behaviors, and multiple types of police exposure may shape police avoidance among Black youth. Findings have the potential to inform targeted strategies to mitigate racial and LGBQ disparities in adolescent well-being.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>None.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102594"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra T Geanacopoulos, Claire Branley, Arvin Garg, Margaret E Samuels-Kalow, Jonathan M Gabbay, Alon Peltz
{"title":"Association between Unmet Social Need and Ambulatory Quality of Care for US Children.","authors":"Alexandra T Geanacopoulos, Claire Branley, Arvin Garg, Margaret E Samuels-Kalow, Jonathan M Gabbay, Alon Peltz","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Children who experience socioeconomic adversity often have worse health; however, less is known about their quality of care. We sought to evaluate the association between parent/caregiver-reported socioeconomic adversity and quality of pediatric primary, acute, and chronic ambulatory care on a national level.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective cohort study of 5368 representative US children (1-17 years) in the 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Socioeconomic adversity was defined as parent/caregiver-reported food, housing, transportation, or utility insecurity in the past 12 months. Outcomes included 10 quality measures of primary, acute, and chronic care, and experience of care measured through parent/caregiver survey. We described variation in socioeconomic adversity and used multivariable regression to examine associations with quality outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One-third of parent/caregivers reported socioeconomic adversity. Food insecurity (23.6%) was most common followed by utility (19.5%), housing (15.0%), and transportation (4.7%) insecurity. Black (53.2%) and Hispanic (46.9%) parent/caregivers experienced the highest rates of socioeconomic adversity. Children with socioeconomic adversity received lower quality of care for four quality measures, including more frequent Emergency Department visits (Odds Ratio (OR)= 1.69 [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.28-2.23]), less favorable asthma medication ratio (OR=0.04 [95% CI: 0.01-0.31]), and less frequent well child (OR=0.73 [95% CI: 0.59-0.90]) and dental care (OR=0.76 [95% CI: 0.63-0.94], P < .05 for all). There were no statistically significant differences in experience of care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Socioeconomic adversity is common among US children with disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic families. There are significant disparities in pediatric primary, acute, and chronic care quality, based on parent/caregiver-reported socioeconomic adversity, highlighting the need for systems-level interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102589"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuan Zhu, Robert M Jacobson, Joan M Griffin, Kathy L MacLaughlin, Jennifer St Sauver, Lila J Finney Rutten
{"title":"Provider Perceptions and Use of Audit-Feedback and Communication Strategies to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake.","authors":"Xuan Zhu, Robert M Jacobson, Joan M Griffin, Kathy L MacLaughlin, Jennifer St Sauver, Lila J Finney Rutten","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake remains suboptimal among US adolescents. A cluster randomized trial was conducted at six primary care practices in southeast Minnesota to assess the impact of parent reminder-recall letters and provider audit-feedback reports on 11-12-year-old HPV vaccine uptake. Audit-feedback reports included access to a web toolkit with instruction on two communication approaches. We evaluated the process of the audit-feedback report intervention to inform future adaptations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We sent a survey to providers assigned to the intervention and asked about their use and perceptions of the reports, web toolkit, the communication approaches, and HPV vaccine recommendation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Surveys from 95 providers were analyzed. Most (97.9%) recalled receiving audit-feedback reports, with 92.4% finding them somewhat to very easy to understand, 86% somewhat to very familiar with their content and objectives, and 69.9% using them five or more times in the past year. Few respondents (11.6%) recalled receiving access to the web toolkit. Web analytics showed that the toolkit was rarely used. Most reported familiarity with communication approaches but less than half reported that these positively impacted the tone of the clinical encounter. Higher familiarity with audit-feedback reports (OR=2.58) and perceived peer approval about using presumptive language (the first of two communication approaches) to recommend HPV vaccination (OR=2.16) correlated with higher frequency of vaccine recommendation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Implementation of the audit-feedback reports showed good acceptability. Low utilization of the web toolkit suggests a need to further examine provider preferences on delivery and usability of training materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102593"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sriram Ramgopal, Samaa Kemal, Megan M Attridge, Remle Crowe, Christian Martin-Gill, Michelle L Macy
{"title":"Comparison of Neighborhood Disadvantage Indices on Emergency Medical Services Interventions and Outcomes for Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Emergencies.","authors":"Sriram Ramgopal, Samaa Kemal, Megan M Attridge, Remle Crowe, Christian Martin-Gill, Michelle L Macy","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Measures of neighborhood disadvantage demonstrate correlations to health outcomes in children. We compared differing indices of neighborhood disadvantage with emergency medical services (EMS) interventions in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a retrospective study of EMS encounters for children (<18 years) from approximately 2000 US EMS agencies between 2021 and 2022. Our exposures were the Child Opportunity Index (COI; v2.0), 2021 Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and 2018 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). We evaluated the agreement in how children were classified with each index using the intraclass correlation coefficient. We used logistic regression to evaluate the association of each index with transport status, presence of cardiac arrest, and condition-specific interventions and assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 738,892 encounters. The correlation between the indices indicated good agreement (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.75). There was overlap in relationships between the COI, ADI, and SVI for each of the study outcomes, both when visualized as a splined predictor and when using representative odds ratios (OR) comparing the third quartile of each index to the lower quartile (most disadvantaged). For example, the OR of non-transport was 1.12 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.10-1.14) for COI, 1.18 (95% CI: 1.16-1.20) for ADI, and 1.22 (95% CI: 1.20-1.23) for SVI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The COI, ADI, and SVI had good correlation and demonstrated similar effect size estimates for a variety of clinical outcomes. While investigators should consider potential causal pathways for outcomes when selecting an index for neighborhood disadvantage, the relative strength of association between each index and all outcomes was similar.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102592"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of Early Intervention Referral after a Positive Developmental Screen in Community Primary Care Clinics.","authors":"Mohadeseh Solgi, Catrina Calub, Alicia Feryn, Annie Hoang, Eric Fombonne, Cheryl Matushak, Abby Bush, Katharine Zuckerman","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Primary care physicians (PCPs) may rely upon factors other than screening test scores in making referral decisions to developmental services. This study investigated which patient, provider, and screening test factors predict a PCP's IDEA Part C Early Intervention (EI) referral after a positive screening test result.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Child demographics, developmental screening test results and EI referral decisions were collected via medical record review of 2,756 15-, 18-, 24- and 30-month well-child checks conducted at 7 community primary care clinics in 4 Oregon counties, in 2020-2021. A provider survey collected PCP demographic and professional characteristics. We tested the association of receipt of EI referral with screening test (Ages & Stages-3 [ASQ-3] and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers - Revised [MCHAT-R]) scores, provider demographic information, child demographic data (sex, language, race/ ethnicity), using multivariable logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>54.1% of children with positive MCHAT-R screens, and 42% of children with positive ASQ-3 screens received EI referrals. Multivariable analyses showed that MCHAT-R score, ASQ-3 Communication and Gross Motor scores were associated with referral after a positive screen. Child sex, race, ethnicity, and language, and provider demographics had no multivariable association with referral. Referral rates varied substantially by site and individual provider.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The majority of toddlers with positive developmental screens were not receiving EI referrals from their PCP during the COVID-19 pandemic. Screening test thresholds and clinical thresholds for EI referral differ substantially, and some portions of the ASQ-3 do not seem to impact provider referral decisions. These findings may help inform physician training on developmental screening in primary care, specifically during times of unprecedented healthcare challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise F Lillvis, Brooks Harmon, Hector Osei, Samantha Ribeiro, Ahmad Zrik, Vipreet Janjua, Justin Assioun, Nell Aronoff, Dennis Z Kuo
{"title":"Accidental Physical Trauma in Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Denise F Lillvis, Brooks Harmon, Hector Osei, Samantha Ribeiro, Ahmad Zrik, Vipreet Janjua, Justin Assioun, Nell Aronoff, Dennis Z Kuo","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) may be at greater risk for accidental physical trauma. Interventions should be informed by the literature indicating incident characteristics and at-risk subpopulations.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To conduct a scoping review of accidental physical trauma in CYSHCN to characterize published literature and identify gaps.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Peer-reviewed literature within CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed, 1998 to February 2021.</p><p><strong>Study eligibility criteria: </strong>Studies that included individuals younger than 19 with special health care need(s) with accidental injuries classified as trauma.</p><p><strong>Study appraisal and synthesis methods: </strong>The study team extracted: research method, author field, special health care needs, geographic scope, author country, demographics, incident characteristics, and injury characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 85 articles from an initial yield of 10,481. Pediatrics (32%) was the most-represented field among authors published on this topic. Publications most often considered developmental conditions (77.7%), including Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD). Studies differed in how often they reported demographic characteristics: gender (96.5%); social determinants of health/socioeconomic status (41.2%) or race and ethnicity (25.9%). Few articles included injury time of day (10.6%) and day of week (2.4%); 40% did not include information about the place of injury.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>Our search term development focused on diagnosis rather than need; we did not search reference lists or grey literature.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications of key findings: </strong>This review reveals key gaps in the literature pertaining to incident characteristics and place of injury for CYSHCN. Those advising families and/or planning interventions focused on mitigating risk for CYSHCN have limited evidence upon which to rely for certain conditions.</p><p><strong>Systematic review registration number: </strong>PROSPERO registration is not applicable to scoping reviews.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102590"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth B Miller, Katherine A Hails, Caitlin F Canfield, Pamela A Morris-Perez, Daniel S Shaw, Alan L Mendelsohn, Rachel S Gross
{"title":"Cognitive Stimulation and Maternal Feeding Styles in Families with Low Incomes: Impacts from a Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Elizabeth B Miller, Katherine A Hails, Caitlin F Canfield, Pamela A Morris-Perez, Daniel S Shaw, Alan L Mendelsohn, Rachel S Gross","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine associations between cognitive stimulation in the home at 6 months and maternal feeding styles at 24 months, direct intervention effects of Smart Beginnings (SB) on feeding styles, and potential indirect effects of SB on feeding styles via earlier intervention effects on cognitive stimulation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single-blind, two-site randomized clinical trial (RCT) of the SB intervention. SB integrates PlayReadVIP, a universal, pediatric primary care-based program, and Family Check-Up (FCU), a targeted secondary home-based parenting intervention. Mother-infant dyads (N = 327) were randomized at birth to standard pediatric care or the SB intervention. Linear regression analyses determined associations between cognitive stimulation at 6 months and maternal feeding styles at 24 months, a secondary data analysis. Direct intervention impacts on feeding styles, a secondary RCT outcome, were also assessed and mediation analyses explored intervention effects on feeding styles via earlier intervention impacts on cognitive stimulation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cognitive stimulation was significantly associated with higher responsive and lower indulgent feeding styles. SB mothers were less likely to exhibit pressuring styles compared with controls (Effect Size [ES]=-0.12, P = 0.02). Although no direct intervention effects were found on responsive or indulgent feeding styles, indirect effects of SB were evident on these feeding styles through intervention-induced increases in cognitive stimulation in the SB group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found positive linkages between cognitive stimulation in the home and later feeding styles. Additionally, the SB intervention was associated with less pressured feeding and indirect pathways mediated by intervention effects on cognitive stimulation. Implications for early childhood parenting interventions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102588"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia A Najm, Charlotte E Bausha, Logan V Paluch, Julia R Frew, Erin R Barnett
{"title":"Family-Centered Care and Collaboration: A Scoping Review of Medical Guidance for Parental Substance Use.","authors":"Julia A Najm, Charlotte E Bausha, Logan V Paluch, Julia R Frew, Erin R Barnett","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.08.163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.08.163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A significant proportion of U.S. families are affected by substance use disorders. Both child- and adult- serving systems are called upon to care for families, yet the disciplines involved inherently have different priorities, preventing a true family-centered care model.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of the scoping review was to explore the alignment of current national guidance related to the medical care of families affected by substance use disorders (SUD). In the review, we examined 1) the quality of the documents, 2) the documents' positions within the continuum of family-centered care and the promotion of multidisciplinary collaboration, and 3) potential gaps in the promotion of services for families.</p><p><strong>Study appraisal and synthesis methods: </strong>We chose a priori to manually examine the websites of national medical and public health associations for clinical practice and policy recommendations. We included documents published between 2016-2023 with selected keywords, totaling seven documents for review. We operationalized and rated each document's recommendations based on their promotion of \"family-centered care\" and \"multidisciplinary collaboration.\"</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The quality of each document varied, with an average score of 5.2 out of 7. The average family-centeredness rating was 3.0 out of 7; five of the seven documents prioritized the parent's care over the child's. The average multidisciplinary collaboration rating was 2.8 out of 7.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications of key findings: </strong>Overall, we found low to moderate family-centered and multidisciplinary collaboration scores. Collectively, these findings suggest that despite these practices emerging as optimal for the care of families affected by SUD, the promotion of these practices has yet to be fully adopted in guidance statements by national medical disciplines.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To Truly Feel: A Journey from the NICU to Medical School.","authors":"Yasmeen Makarem","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suzanne Kennedy, Suzie Carmack, Lang Li, Feng-Chang Lin, Joseph E Hatch, Kathrine Chan, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Terry L Noah
{"title":"Coaching Pediatricians for Wellbeing: A Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.","authors":"Suzanne Kennedy, Suzie Carmack, Lang Li, Feng-Chang Lin, Joseph E Hatch, Kathrine Chan, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Terry L Noah","doi":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acap.2024.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Organization-sponsored interventions have the potential to promote, and destigmatize seeking help for, wellbeing. Our study objective was to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a coaching intervention to improve wellbeing among faculty.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a pilot, pre/post design, study in a convenience sample of pediatric faculty at an academic medical center. Participants were offered ≤6 live virtual coaching sessions at the participant's discretion. In addition, a novel wellbeing individual development plan (WB-IDP) was distributed to participants. Primary outcomes were feasibility of the intervention, defined as completing ≥1 coaching session and acceptability measured by anonymous feedback and use of the WB-IDP. Secondary outcomes were wellbeing (WHO Wellbeing Index (WHO-5)), stress (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)), and work engagement (Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES)), at baseline, 3, and 6 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All enrollees (N = 28) completed at least one, 18/28 (64%) completed at least four, and 9/28 (32%) completed six coaching sessions. Of 28 participants, 11 (39%) started a WB-IDP and 5/28 (18%) completed and implemented the plan. The aggregate WHO-5 score showed a statistically significant change from baseline (53.3) to month 6 (64.3) (P < .01). Fourteen 14/27 (52%) participants had an improvement of ≥10 points in WHO-5 score between baseline and month 6. No other significant changes were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Individualized certified coaching for wellbeing was successfully implemented and associated with a significant increase in wellbeing. We speculate that wellbeing coaching can be promoted by faculty development programs in university and health care settings and has potential to improve organizational outcomes.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>Pediatrician Wellbeing Program, NCT04805294, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04805294?term=pediatrician&cond=wellbeing&cntry=US&state=US%3ANC&draw=2&rank=1.</p>","PeriodicalId":50930,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"102586"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}