SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PARENT PROVIDER COMMUNICATION WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 第一阶段的研究包括一项横断面研究，描述和比较父母的看法，提供商的沟通风格之间的非洲裔美国人（AA）的父母，从不同的社会经济背景。对最近在华盛顿7个儿科初级保健中心之一就诊的0-5岁儿童的低、中/高社会经济地位（SES）AA父母进行了电话调查。 父母对提供者沟通风格的看法，包括提供者的信息量，人际关系的敏感性和伙伴关系的建立。双变量分析评估的差异，父母，孩子和供应商之间的特点低，中/上SES父母。 多元回归分析被用来确定预测因子的父母感知供应商的沟通风格为每个SES组。 该研究的第二阶段将包括一项关于父母提供者与3-5岁儿童的非裔美国父母沟通的横断面研究，这些儿童来自较低和中等/较高的社会经济背景。 调查还将研究两个潜在的修饰符（母亲自我效能与她的孩子的供应商和供应商的沟通风格）之间的关系SES和产妇披露的心理社会问题之间的关系的影响，非洲裔美国人的母亲。

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.