University of Colorado: Pediatric Preventive Care
Member since: December 2015
Intervention: Interprofessional Community-Academic Resource Engagement (i-CARE) Pediatric Preventive Care
Partners:
- Sheridan Health Services, University of Colorado College of Nursing
- University of Colorado School of Pharmacy
- University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine
- University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
- Metropolitan State University Dietetics Program
- Colorado School of Public Health
Occupations represented: Students and professionals from diabetes education, dietetics, nursing, medicine, pharmacy, public health, psychiatric nursing and social work.
Overview: This intervention project takes place in Sheridan Health Services’ School Based Health Center. There are two patient cohorts for testing the impact interprofessional care teams. One cohort contains 80 pediatric patients with asthma, and the other contains 85 pediatric patients with a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 85th percentile. The care teams aim to increase the number of patients with controlled asthma and decrease the number of patients with high BMIs. They also plan to increase patients’ knowledge of healthy habits and access to preventive health care.
Outcome measures associated with asthma patients will include development pharmacological treatment plans, emergency room visits, albuterol usage, and spirometry. Outcome measures for the obesity-prevention patient cohort will include documented weight education, BMI, self-reported screen time and self-reported activity time.
For obesity prevention, patient satisfaction will be assessed through interviews with a sample of parents whose children are enrolled in a weight management program.
Outcome measures for health professionals working on this project will include scores on the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale.
Sheridan Health Services is a nonprofit, nurse-managed, federally qualified health center. It operates a community health center and a school-based clinic. Special services include child and teen care, behavioral health, dental care, women’s health, and case management. Its board includes clinic users and consumers from the Sheridan community.
Intervention study question:
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How does an interprofessional team-based approach to care and patient education affect uncontrolled asthma and increase prevalence of obesity in a pediatric patient population?