Publications by authors named "Amy Milkes"

Childhood asthma is a common and serious chronic lung disease. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies may assist clinical providers, caregivers, and children in managing pediatric asthma. This study evaluated the Nemours app, an mHealth application.

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Decision aids (DAs) are central to shared decision making (SDM) interventions, yet little is known about patients' actual DA use. Adequate utilization of DAs could optimize SDM effectiveness. Electronic DAs enable more objective tracking and analysis of actual DA utilization than do paper DAs.

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Objectives: Research on the transition to adult care for young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) emphasizes transition readiness, with less emphasis on transition outcomes. The relatively few studies that focus on outcomes use a wide variety of measures with little reliance on stakeholder engagement for measure selection.

Methods: This study engaged multiple stakeholders (i.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The article focuses on creating web-based decision aids for youth with type 1 diabetes and their parents, aimed at helping them choose between insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.
  • - It involved qualitative interviews with parents, adolescents, and healthcare providers to shape the content and design of these decision aids, supported by experts in children's health media and web development.
  • - The next step is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of these decision aids compared to standard clinical practices.
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Objective: Youth with type 1 diabetes face long-term risks of health complications of the disease. Little is known about patients' and parents' knowledge, acquisition of information, and family communication regarding these complications. This paper reports qualitative analyses of parental focus-group discussions of this topic.

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