Publications by authors named "Diane Romm"
Objective: Family-centered care (FCC) has received widespread endorsement for use in care in the United States. In this study, we conducted a systematic review of evidence for FCC focusing specifically on family-provider partnership as the activity that constitutes FCC.
Methods: We found and reviewed articles from the medical, nursing, psychology, and sociology literature spanning 1986 to 2010.
Background: The built environment may influence weight status.
Method: Using cross-sectional data for children aged 2 to 18 years, the authors linked clinical and spatial data using geographic information systems and analyzed for associations between body mass index (BMI) and density of and distance to nearest built environment variable (schools, sidewalks, subway stations, bicycle trails, open space, and fast-food restaurants) using bivariate and multilevel analyses.
Results: The study sampled 21 008 children; 54% were white, 26% Hispanic, 37% overweight, and 20% obese.
Objective: To assess differences in built environment and child weight, and associations between them in high- and low-income communities.
Methods: By means of cross-sectional clinical and demographic data for children aged 2 to 18 years from an integrated health system in Massachusetts, we linked subject (n = 6680) and spatial data from Geographic Information Systems. We selected towns with at least 100 subjects per town (n = 46 towns), and we divided towns into quartiles by household income.
Context: Because of their elevated need for services, health insurance is particularly important for children with special health care needs. In this article we assess how well the current system is meeting the insurance needs of children with special health care needs and how emerging trends in health insurance may affect their well-being.
Methods: We begin with a review of the evidence on the impact of health insurance on the health care experiences of children with special health care needs based on the peer-reviewed literature.
Context: The receipt of health care in a medical home is increasingly touted as a fundamental basis for improved care for persons with chronic conditions, yet the evidence for this claim has not been systematically assessed.
Objective: Our goal was to determine the evidence for the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau recommendation that children with special health care needs receive ongoing comprehensive care within a medical home.
Methods: We searched the nursing and medical literature, references of selected articles, and requested expert recommendations.
Objective: To extend development of a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measure by determining its factor structure and associations of factors with generic HRQoL measures and clinical variables.
Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional survey of children and adolescents ages 8 years to 18 years and their parents attending any of 6 US IBD centers, recruited from either existing registry of age-eligible subjects or visits to participating centers. The survey included generic (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory) and IBD-specific (Impact Questionnaire) quality of life measures, disease activity, and other clinical indicators.
Objective: To present a conceptual definition of a family-centered system of services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Previous work by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to define CYSHCN has had widespread program effects. This article similarly seeks to provide a definition of a system of services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF