SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PARENT PROVIDER COMMUNICATION WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 研究的第一阶段包括一项横断面研究，以描述和比较来自不同社会经济背景的非裔美国人(AA)父母对提供者沟通方式的看法。华盛顿特区7个儿科初级保健站点中的1个最近对0-5岁儿童的低社会经济地位(SES)和中/高社会经济地位(SES)父母进行了电话调查。测量了父母对提供者沟通方式的看法，包括提供者的信息性、人际关系敏感性和伙伴关系建立。双变量分析评估了下级和中级/上级SES父母在父母、子女和提供者特征上的差异。采用多元回归分析的方法，确定每个SES组的父母对提供者沟通方式的感知的预测因子。这项研究的第二阶段将包括一项关于父母提供者与3-5岁来自较低和中等/较高社会经济背景的儿童的非裔美国父母沟通的横断面研究。调查还将考察两个潜在的影响因素(母亲与子女提供者互动的自我效能感和提供者沟通方式)对SES与非裔美国母亲中母亲披露心理社会问题之间的关系的影响。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Phase one of the study included a cross-sectional study to describe and compare parent perceptions of provider communication styles among African American (AA) parents from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. A telephone survey was conducted with lower and middle/upper socioeconomic status (SES) AA parents of children 0-5 years of age recently seen at 1 of 7 pediatric primary care sites in Washington, DC. Parent perceptions of provider communication style were measured, including provider's informativeness, interpersonal sensitivity and partnership-building. Bi-variable analysis assessed differences in parent, child and provider characteristics between lower and middle/upper SES parents. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine predictors of parent perception of provider communication style for each SES group. Phase two of the study will include a cross-sectional study of parent provider communication with African American parents of children ages 3-5 years from lower and middle/upper socioeconomic backgrounds. Investigations will also examine the effect of two potential modifiers (maternal self efficacy in interactions with her child's provider and provider communication style) on the relationship between SES and maternal disclosure of psychosocial issues among African American mothers.