TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Ambulatory Care Facilities
KW - Child
KW - Hospitals, Urban
KW - Humans
KW - Medically Underserved Area
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Program Evaluation
AU - C. R. Owens
AU - M. E. Haskett
AU - R. T. Monroe
AU - C. Dow-Smith
A1 - 
AB - Integration of behavioral health into pediatric primary care clinics is a recommended practice with potential to address the mental health needs of underserved children. We describe our process of integrating a behavioral health team into our hospital-based pediatric practice that serves a low-income, ethnically diverse, and underserved population of children and youth in the southeastern U.S. We provide a summary of our four-year program evaluation of feasibility and acceptability of embedding a behavioral health team in our practice. We also discuss the challenges faced, including staff turnover and difficulty with billing for sustainability. Finally, we provide recommendations for pediatric clinics that seek to integrate behavioral health care into their practices.
BT - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
C5 - Education & Workforce; Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 1
DO - 10.1353/hpu.2021.0017
IS - 1
JF - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Integration of behavioral health into pediatric primary care clinics is a recommended practice with potential to address the mental health needs of underserved children. We describe our process of integrating a behavioral health team into our hospital-based pediatric practice that serves a low-income, ethnically diverse, and underserved population of children and youth in the southeastern U.S. We provide a summary of our four-year program evaluation of feasibility and acceptability of embedding a behavioral health team in our practice. We also discuss the challenges faced, including staff turnover and difficulty with billing for sustainability. Finally, we provide recommendations for pediatric clinics that seek to integrate behavioral health care into their practices.
PY - 2021
SN - 1548-6869; 1049-2089
SP - 179
EP - 190
EP - 
T1 - Integrating Behavioral Health Care into an Urban Hospital-Based Pediatric Primary Care Setting
T2 - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
TI - Integrating Behavioral Health Care into an Urban Hospital-Based Pediatric Primary Care Setting
U1 - Education & Workforce; Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 33678690
U3 - 10.1353/hpu.2021.0017
VL - 32
VO - 1548-6869; 1049-2089
Y1 - 2021
ER -