Representation of child and youth participation within the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).

Purpose: To examine (1) how much participation is represented in the benchmark Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) resource, and (2) to what extent that representation reflects the definition of child and youth participation and/or its related constructs per the family of Participation-Related Constructs framework.

Materials And Methods: We searched and analysed UMLS concepts related to the term "participation." Identified UMLS concepts were rated according to their representation of participation (i.

Caregiver strategies supporting community participation among children and youth with or at risk for disabilities: a mixed-methods study.

Introduction: The purpose of this mixed-methods study is to examine the role of caregiver strategies to support community participation among children and youth with disabilities and those at risk, from the caregiver perspective. For the quantitative phase, we tested the hypothesized positive effect of participation-focused caregiver strategies on the relationship(s) between participation-related constructs and community participation attendance and involvement. For the qualitative phase, we solicited caregiver perspectives to explain the quantitative findings.