Text "HEALER": Using Text Mentorship to Engage American Indians and Alaska Natives Interested in the Health Professions.

ProblemThe persistent underrepresentation of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) in the health professions and the decline of AIAN matriculants into health-related programs suggest interventions are needed. The authors developed Healers, a text message mentoring service, to engage and support AIANs interested in the health professions.ApproachHealers, launched in 2018, seeks to reach urban and rural high school/college-aged AIANs and other AIANs.

Provider perspectives on equity in use of mobile health autism screening tools.

Families may find information about autism online, and health care and education providers may use online tools to screen for autism. However, we do not know if online autism screening tools are easily used by families and providers. We interviewed primary care and educational providers, asking them to review results from online tools that screen for autism.

Challenging Case: The Role of Genetic Testing in Complex Autism.

S is a 12-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), seizure disorder, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disability who presented to the primary care clinician for a preventative care visit.S was born at full term after an unremarkable pregnancy. His developmental delays were first noted at around 8 months, when he could not sit independently and had intermittently poor eye contact.