Role of pediatric health care professionals in the provision of parenting advice: a qualitative study with mothers from 4 minority ethnocultural groups.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,  February, 2007  by Dumont-Mathieu, Thyde M.; Bernstein, Bruce A.; Dworkin, Paul H.; Pachter, Lee M.

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Objective: This study's aim was to elicit the perspectives of minority parents on their expectations of pediatric health care providers as a source of advice on "raising their child" and whether they would seek advice from these providers. A secondary aim was to demonstrate the value of qualitative methods for assessing parental attitudes in pediatric research.

Methods: Mothers with children between 3 and 12 years of age who identified themselves as African American, Jamaican, Haitian, or Puerto Rican were recruited from community sites. Audiotaped focus groups were ...

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