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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Attention, Caregivers, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Parents, Pediatrics, Physician's Role, Physicians, Primary Health Care, Referral and Consultation, Urban Population.
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Do Parents Expect Pediatricians to Pay Attention to Behavioral Health? Context: This study is a qualitative analysis examining caregivers' expectations for pediatricians with regard to behavioral health care. Fifty-five parents/caregivers of children seen in an urban primary care clinic participated in semistructured interviews. Participants were parents or guardians of children between the ages of 2 and 17 years, referred from the pediatric clinic to the mental health center. Interviews were analyzed using grounded theory methods. Pertinent themes were the following: expected range of care, components of an effective primary care provider (PCP) relationship, action of the PCP, and parent reaction to PCP intervention. Forty-seven percent of caregivers saw the PCP role as strictly for physical health care; 53% expected the PCP to have a role in both physical and behavioral health. Responses were overwhelmingly positive from caregivers when the PCP asked about or conducted a behavioral health intervention.
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Caregivers did not consistently expect but responded positively to PCPs engaging around behavioral health concerns.