Integrating Pediatric Universal Behavioral Health Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Background: Research supports integrated pediatric behavioral health (BH), but evidence gaps remain in ensuring equitable care for children of all ages. In response, an interdisciplinary team codeveloped a stepped care model that expands BH services at 3 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).

Methods: FQHCs reported monthly electronic medical record data regarding detection of BH issues, receipt of services, and psychotropic medications.

Using mobile clinics to deliver care to difficult-to-reach populations: A COVID-19 practice we should keep.

In the United States, mobile health clinics are an important method for delivering care to medically underserved populations. Mobile clinics have long been used in pediatric primary care, but there is little published to help pediatricians disseminate this practice more widely. During the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced in-person medical visits and subsequent declines in routine pediatric vaccination rates highlighted the importance of using a variety of care delivery models to reach patients.

"Can't We Just Have Some Sazón?" Student, Family, and Staff Perspectives on a New School Food Program at a Boston High School.

Background: In September 2013, a Massachusetts high school launched a nutrition program in line with 2013 United States Department of Agriculture requirements. We sought to understand attitudes of stakeholders toward the new program.

Methods: We employed community-based participatory research methods in a qualitative evaluation of the food program at the school, where 98% of students are students of color and 86% qualify for free/reduced lunch.

Lessons Learned From a Partnership to Evaluate a School Food Program.

Background: In 2013, leadership at a Boston school approached academic investigators for help with assessing their new school food program.

Methods: The community-academic partnership implemented a two-phase community-based participatory research (CBPR) assessment. The qualitative phase involved key stakeholder focus groups.