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Carolyn Sears Avery

Carolyn Sears Avery

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Medicine/Pediatrics
3116 N. Duke St., Durham, NC 27704
3116 N. Duke St, Durham, NC 27704

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Engaging Families in Pediatric Care Management: A Qualitative Study From the North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids Model.

Journal article Health Serv Res · August 2026 OBJECTIVE: To describe factors influencing caregiver engagement in pediatric care management. STUDY SETTING AND DESIGN: This qualitative descriptive study of family engagement was based in the North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids (NC InCK) care manageme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cross-partner Perspectives on a Novel Approach to Care Management and Systems Coordination for Children in Foster Care.

Journal article Acad Pediatr · July 11, 2026 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the perceived value of the newly implemented North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids (NC InCK) cross-sector care management for children in foster care (FC) across 5 North Carolina counties. METHODS: We interviewed individuals in key ... Full text Link to item Cite

Addressing food insecurity: a paediatric academic advocacy collaborative quality initiative.

Journal article BMJ Open Qual · May 13, 2025 OBJECTIVE: This quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed to address food insecurity (FI) by improving FI identification and referral to food assistance programmes for the families served by the eight paediatric academic institutions in North and South Car ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Implementation of NCCARE360, a Digital Statewide Closed-Loop Referral Platform to Improve Health and Social Care Coordination: Evidence from the North Carolina COVID-19 Support Services Program.

Journal article N C Med J · March 2024 INTRODUCTION: Efforts to improve population health by being responsive to patients' social and economic conditions will benefit from care models and technologies that assess and address unmet social needs. In 2019, NCCARE360 launched in North Carolina as t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benefits and Risks of Mammography Screening in Women Ages 40 to 49 Years.

Journal article J Prim Care Community Health · 2022 Breast cancer screening in the United States is complicated by conflicting recommendations from professional and governmental organizations. The benefits and risks of breast cancer screening differ though by age which should influence shared decision-makin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Updates to the Pediatrics Asthma Management Guidelines.

Journal article JAMA Pediatr · September 1, 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

A Faculty Development Workshop for High-Value Care Education Across Clinical Settings.

Journal article MedEdPORTAL · August 24, 2018 INTRODUCTION: Despite rising health care costs, trainees frequently do not receive formal high-value care (HVC) training. As medical education often occurs through informal learning, it is imperative that medical educators be prepared to teach HVC concepts ... Full text Link to item Cite

R-SCAN: Imaging for Pediatric Minor Head Trauma.

Journal article J Am Coll Radiol · February 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

High-Value Care Pediatric Curriculum

Journal article MedEdPORTAL · July 16, 2015 Full text Cite