Audio-Recorded Discharge Instructions for Limited English Proficient Parents: A Pilot Study.

Background: Parents with limited English proficiency (LEP) demonstrate lower comprehension of discharge instructions. A study was conducted to (1) determine the feasibility of providing a greeting card with language-specific, audio-recorded discharge instructions to LEP parents; (2) describe use of and satisfaction with the cards; and (3) evaluate card effect on instruction comfort with home care and comprehension.

Methods: LEP parents of children undergoing day surgery from April to September 2016 were eligible.

Effect of Telephone vs Video Interpretation on Parent Comprehension, Communication, and Utilization in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Consistent professional interpretation improves communication with patients who have limited English proficiency. Remote modalities (telephone and video) have the potential for wide dissemination.

Objective: To test the effect of telephone vs.

Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to increase use of telephonic interpretation.

Background: Language barriers are associated with poor health care outcomes, and barriers exist for timely in-person interpretation. Although available on-demand, telephonic interpretation remains underutilized. This study evaluates whether a quality improvement (QI) intervention was associated with rates of interpretation and parent-reported language service use at a children's hospital.

Partnering for success and sustainability in community-based child obesity intervention: seeking to help families ACT!

Sustaining community-based obesity interventions for families represents an ongoing challenge. Many initially grant-funded initiatives lack a sustainable model to continue. After initial grant funding ended, we continued a partnership between Seattle Children's Hospital and YMCA of Greater Seattle to enhance and expand a community-based family obesity program, "ACT! Actively Changing Together.