Understanding barriers to well-child visit attendance among racial and ethnic minority parents.

Objectives: To assess racial and ethnic minority parents' perceptions about barriers to well-child visit attendance.

Methods: For this cross-sectional qualitative study, we recruited parents of pediatric primary care patients who were overdue for a well-child visit from the largest safety net healthcare organization in central Massachusetts to participate in semi-structured interviews. The interviews focused on understanding potential knowledge, structural, and experiential barriers for well-child visit attendance.

Prioritizing Child Health: Promoting Adherence to Well-Child Visits in an Urban, Safety-Net Health System During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: After discovering racial/ethnic disparities in adherence to well-child visits, UMass Memorial Health worked to identify and mitigate barriers to adherence for patients and families across 53 primary care practices in central Massachusetts.

Methods: When the systemwide goal to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in well-child visit adherence was established, a multidisciplinary team of leaders from UMass Memorial Health worked together to engage patients and stakeholders to identify obstacles to adherence. Transportation, language, and scheduling were identified as barriers.