Child Health Services Research: Applications, Innovations, and Insights / Edition 1

by Elisa J. Sobo, Paul S. Kurtin

Overview

Child Health Services Research offers a practical introduction to the foundations, primary methods, and applications of children's health services research. This valuable resource describes various approaches to children's health services research, shows how these approaches differ from methods used in relation to adult health, and demonstrates the value that can be added by outcomes research. In doing so, Child Health Services Research also examines various aspects of child health in the context of the household, hospital, health system, community, and policy arenas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787958756
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/20/2003
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.28(d)

About the Author

Elisa J. Sobo, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Center for Child Health Outcomes and Trauma Services at Children's Hospital in San Diego, and is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego's School of Medicine. Dr. Sobo has edited and authored numerous books and articles regarding the socio-cultural context of health, illness, and medicine.

Paul S. Kurtin, M.D., is a pediatric nephrologist. He is vice-president for clinical innovations of the Center for Child Health Outcomes at Children's Hospital in San Diego. Dr. Kurtin is founding medical director of the Child Health Accountability Initiative a collaborative of fifteen children's hospitals working to define, measure, and improve health outcomes for hospitalized children.

Table of Contents

Foreword (James Perrin).

Preface (Elisa J. Sobo & Paul S. Kurtin).

Note to the Reader (Blair L. Sadler).

The Editors.

The Contributors.

Part I: Child Health Services: Setting an Accountability Agenda.

1) An Introduction to Applied Child Health Services Research: Connecting Knowledge and Action (Paul S. Kurtin).

2) Laying the Foundation: Identifying Major Issues in Applied Child Health Services Research (Pradeep Gidwani, Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Seid, and Paul S. Kurtin).

Part II: Child Health in Context: Home, Neighborhood, Community, Culture.

3) Prevention and healing in the Household: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Context (Elisa J. Sobo).

4) Documenting Child Health: The Community Indicators Movement (Diana Simmes, Lillian Lim, and Kim Dennis).

5) Partnering with the Community: Implementation, Evaluation, and Impact (Kim Dennis and Diana Simmes).

Part III: Child Health in Conventional Healthcare Settings: Improving Organizational Performance.

6) Health Related Quality of Life (Tara Knight, Tasha Burwinkle, and James Varni).

7) Conceptual Models of Quality of Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for Vulnerable Children (Michael Seid, Elisa J. Sobo, Mirjana Zivkovic, Maryam Davodi-Far, and Melissa Nelson).

8) Standardized Approaches to Clinical Care: Pathways and Disease Management (Pat Richardson, Elisa J. Sobo, and Erin Stuckey).

Part IV: Child Health Outcomes: Broadening Applied Research's Reach.

9) Translating Research into Practice: Planning Research to Inform Policy and Program Development (Kim Dennis).

10) Looking to the Future: The Need for Applied Child Health Services Research (Paul S. Kurtin and Blair L. Sadler).

Glossary.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Research on the shelf helps no one until it moves off the shelf. This book can help us all cross the bridge between science and practice, in the service of the children who depend on us."
— Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, Massachusetts

"For too long, health services research has ignored childrens health care issues and has been too theoretical to be useful in real-life settings. This book addresses both concerns, making health services research both pragmatic and relevant to improving outcomes for children and families."
— Charles J. Homer, M.D., M.P.H., CEO, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, Boston, Massachusetts

"This outstanding volume takes enormous strides forward in showing how excellent social science and excellent medicine come together for the betterment of children's health and well-being. A must-read for professionals interested in how the socio-cultural context and medicine come together in partnership."
— Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and associate dean of arts and sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; codirector, Schubert Center for Child Development; and director, Childhood Studies Program

"This volume provides a unique and important contribution to the developing field of child health services research. Its focus on practical issues in a community context will be extremely useful to both the novice and more experienced researchers."
— Neal Halfon, M.D., M.P.H., professor of pediatrics and public health, University of Southern California, and director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Douglas Moodie, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description: This is an overview of applied child health services research by the Center for Child Health Outcomes at the Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego. It begins with an introduction to the field of child health services research and details the history of how this field evolved. The book reviews the cultural aspects of children's health and related home health practices, examines care in conventional settings such as clinics and hospitals, and concludes by discussing methods for translating research into practice.
Purpose: The purpose is to use the experience and child healthcare research of the Center for Child Health Outcomes to improve the care of children in different communities. This book can be a help to many organizations in their efforts to improve child healthcare in the community.
Audience: This book is written for all pediatric healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, administrators (both hospital and outpatient) and practitioners in the community. The authors are credible authorities who have a great deal of experience in integrating multidisciplinary expertise in healthcare organizations, hospitals, outpatient services, qualitative methods, child behavior, and healthcare outcomes.
Features: One of the most important chapters in the book is Laying the Foundation: Identifying Major Issues in Applied Child Health Services Research. This chapter identifies major issues in child healthcare in the United States and chronicles the emergence of the subfield of child health services research. Other excellent chapters are: Prevention and Healing in the Household: The Importance of Sociocultural Context and Partnering with the Community: Implementation, Evaluation, and Impact. The book is well organized and has excellent references. It perhaps could use a few additional tables and illustrations.
Assessment: This is a unique book in that it applies the experience of the Center for Child Health Outcomes to the issues of child health services in the community. The book is well organized and has some outstanding chapters. It is a good primary text for physicians interested in outcome data and child healthcare research.

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3 Stars from Doody