TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - African Americans
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Hispanic Americans
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration/utilization
KW - Parents
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
AU - J. D. Brown
AU - L. S. Wissow
AU - C. Zachary
AU - B. L. Cook
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: Primary care providers (PCPs) play a critical role in the identification and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems but few studies have examined parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP and whether attitudes are associated with race or ethnicity. OBJECTIVE: To determine if race and ethnicity were associated with parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP. SUBJECTS: Data were collected during 773 visits to 54 PCPs in 13 diverse clinics. Families were 56.5% white, 33.3% African American, and 10.1% Hispanic. MEASURES: The parent reported attitudes associated with receiving advice about child mental health from the PCP. The parent completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to report youth mental health. PCPs completed measures of psychosocial orientation, confidence in mental health treatment skills, and the accessibility of mental health specialists. RESULTS: Hispanics were more likely than Non-Hispanics to agree that PCPs should treat child mental health and were more willing to allow their child to receive medications or visit a therapist for a mental health problem if recommended by the PCP. African Americans were significantly less willing than whites and Hispanics to allow their child to receive medication for mental health but did not differ in their willingness to visit a therapist. CONCLUSIONS: Race and ethnicity were associated with parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP. Primary care may be a good point of intervention for Hispanic youth with mental health needs.
BT - Medical care
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 11
CY - United States
DO - 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31812da7fd
IS - 11
JF - Medical care
N2 - BACKGROUND: Primary care providers (PCPs) play a critical role in the identification and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems but few studies have examined parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP and whether attitudes are associated with race or ethnicity. OBJECTIVE: To determine if race and ethnicity were associated with parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP. SUBJECTS: Data were collected during 773 visits to 54 PCPs in 13 diverse clinics. Families were 56.5% white, 33.3% African American, and 10.1% Hispanic. MEASURES: The parent reported attitudes associated with receiving advice about child mental health from the PCP. The parent completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to report youth mental health. PCPs completed measures of psychosocial orientation, confidence in mental health treatment skills, and the accessibility of mental health specialists. RESULTS: Hispanics were more likely than Non-Hispanics to agree that PCPs should treat child mental health and were more willing to allow their child to receive medications or visit a therapist for a mental health problem if recommended by the PCP. African Americans were significantly less willing than whites and Hispanics to allow their child to receive medication for mental health but did not differ in their willingness to visit a therapist. CONCLUSIONS: Race and ethnicity were associated with parents' attitudes on receiving advice about child mental health from a PCP. Primary care may be a good point of intervention for Hispanic youth with mental health needs.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 0025-7079; 0025-7079
SP - 1076
EP - 1082
EP - 
T1 - Receiving advice about child mental health from a primary care provider: African American and Hispanic parent attitudes
T2 - Medical care
TI - Receiving advice about child mental health from a primary care provider: African American and Hispanic parent attitudes
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 18049348
U3 - 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31812da7fd
VL - 45
VO - 0025-7079; 0025-7079
Y1 - 2007
ER -