Pediatric GI Health Care Professionals' Perceptions of and Engagement With Psychosocial Providers in Pediatric IBD Care.

Unlabelled: Multidisciplinary care is recommended for optimal pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care, including psychosocial providers (eg, psychologists). However, health care professionals' (HCPs) perceptions of and engagement with psychosocial providers in pediatric IBD is lacking.

Methods: Cross-sectional REDCap surveys were completed by HCPs (eg, gastroenterologists) across American ImproveCareNow (ICN) centers.

Friends' Perspective: Young Adults' Reaction to Disclosure of Chronic Illness.

Chronic illness can negatively impact adolescents' and young adults' social support. Social support can buffer the negative impact of living with chronic illness. The purpose of this study was to test the acceptability of a hypothetical message to promote social support after a recent diagnosis of a chronic illness.

Unexpected Poor Growth in Pediatric Patients on Food-based Enteral Therapy: Case Series and Suggested Practice Changes.

Introduction: Enteral feeding pumps at times may deliver different volumes than are prescribed, which can negatively impact growth, nutrition, and well-being. This study sought to assess whether challenges with pump accuracy for patients on food-based formulas contributed to challenges with weight gain.

Methods: Chart review identified complex feeding patients receiving food-based enteral nutrition via feeding pump with unexpected weight loss.

Parent-reported toilet training practices and the role of pediatric primary care providers.

Background: Toilet training is a universal developmental milestone and a stressful period for families with few empirically based guidelines.

Purpose: This study identified currently used methods of toilet training and sources used for parental guidance.

Methodological Orientation: A descriptive, qualitative design was used.

Parents Reliably Identify Pain Dismissal by Pediatric Providers.

Objectives: Approximately 40% of children and adolescents with chronic pain report at least 1 dismissal experience, citing medical providers and parents as the primary and most distressing dismissers. Previous research indicates sex differences in pain dismissal experience and observer pain perception. This study examined parental reactions to dismissive provider-child scenarios and the influence of provider and patient sex on perceptions.

Development and Initial Validation of the Communication About Medication by Providers-Parent Scale (CAMP-P).

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Communication about Medication by Providers-Parent Scale (CAMP-P), a 24-item measure of communication relevant to medication adherence between parents and medical providers. Parents of youth (ages 2-7 years) who had received a prescription within the last 12 months completed online surveys regarding demographic and appointment variables, and child's recent prescription medications, and they completed the newly developed CAMP-P. Exploratory factor analysis of CAMP-P identified 20 items about provider communication corresponding to 3 distinct scales: medication administration strategies, encouraging communication, and addressing barriers to medication taking.

Friendship changes following a friend's school absence after serious illness or injury.

Social support is vital in helping adolescents cope following a serious illness or injury, though it is not known how their healthy peers react to potential changes in the nature of their friendships during this time. In this questionnaire-based study, emerging adults in the community indicated whether they had an experience with a friend's serious illness during adolescence and responded to structured and open-ended questions about their experience. Participants reported diminished contact with friends following diagnosis, such as decreased frequency of visits and communication.