Expanding the pediatrician's black bag: a psychosocial care improvement model to address the "new morbidities".

Background: Behavioral, developmental, and psychosocial problems ("new morbidities") significantly affect the well-being of children ages 0-3 years. Practices generally fail to deliver consistent anticipatory guidance or counseling to parents. A multifaceted intervention was designed to increase the capacity of three very different practice types to adopt and implement Practicing Safety, a child abuse and neglect prevention program.

Caring for diverse populations: do academic family medicine practices have CLAS?

Background And Objectives: The Future of Family Medicine Final Report calls for greater emphasis on training physicians to provide culturally proficient and effective quality care to an increasingly diverse population. It remains unclear, however, how prepared academic family medicine practices are to address this need.

Methods: We carried out a qualitative sub-study (as part of a larger research study) using depth and focus group interviews at two urban family medicine centers to understand the challenges and opportunities involved in meeting the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health's National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care.

Assessing diversity and quality in primary care through the multimethod assessment process (MAP).

The U.S. health care system serves a diverse population, often resulting in significant disparities in delivery and quality of care.