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.

Mobile and online consumer tools to screen for autism do not promote equity.

Many parents wonder if their child might have autism. Many parents use their smartphones to answer health questions. We asked, "How easy or hard is it for parents to use their smartphones to find 'tools' to test their child for signs of autism?" After doing pretend parent searches, we found that only one in 10 search results were tools to test children for autism.

Early Intervention Referral Information, Transmission, and Sources-A Survey of State Part C Coordinators and Analysis of Referral Forms.

Objective: Early Intervention (EI) referral is a key connector between health care and early childhood systems serving children with developmental risks. This study aimed to describe the US network of EI referrals by answering the following: "What information is sent to EI?", "Who sends it?", and "How is it sent?"

Method: This study combined an analysis of national document-based and website-based referral forms with a survey of state Part C Coordinators (PCCs). Data on referral forms were systematically collected from state agency websites.