Lindsay Terrell

Journal Article Creat Nurs · November 2024 Purpose: This study explored barriers and facilitators to utilizing health-care services for foster youth, from the perspective of foster parents. Background: There are nearly 437,283 youths in the United States foster care system. Youths living in locatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Child Sexual Abuse Documentation in Primary Care Settings.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · October 2024 Primary care providers (PCPs) can play an important role in the continuity of care for children who experience sexual abuse (SA). We performed a retrospective, chart-based study of children 3 to 17 years old with SA history. Primary care medical records we ... Full text Link to item Cite

What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?

Journal Article Child Maltreat · February 2024 Child abuse and neglect (CAN) medical experts provide specialized multidisciplinary care to children when there is concern for maltreatment. Their clinical notes contain valuable information on child- and family-level factors, clinical concerns, and servic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Defining suspected child maltreatment using International Classification of Diseases codes: A scoping literature review

Journal Article Children and Youth Services Review · June 1, 2023 Background: Administrative medical records and claims are increasingly used to study prevalence of and outcomes for children exposed to child maltreatment. However, suspicion of child maltreatment is often under-documented in medical records using Internat ... Full text Cite

Do children evaluated for maltreatment have higher subsequent emergency department and inpatient care utilization compared to a general pediatric sample?

Journal Article Child Abuse Negl · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Child maltreatment leads to substantial adverse health outcomes, but little is known about acute health care utilization patterns after children are evaluated for a concern of maltreatment at a child abuse and neglect medical evaluation clinic. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Health Record Tools to Identify Child Maltreatment: Scoping Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews.

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · July 2022 OBJECTIVE: To prevent missed cases and standardize care, health systems are beginning to implement EHR-based screens (EHR-CA-S) and clinical decision supports systems (EHR-CA-CDSS) for the identification and management of child maltreatment. This study aim ... Full text Link to item Cite

Kinship Care and Foster Care: A Comparison of Out-of-Home Placement From the Perspective of Child Abuse Experts in North Carolina.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2019 BACKGROUND Children may be placed in either kinship or foster care, forms of out-of-home placement (OHP), if maltreatment is suspected. The American Academy of Pediatrics has identified them as children with special health needs requiring elevated care. Wh ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving Timeliness of Medical Evaluations for Children Entering Foster Care.

Journal Article Pediatrics · December 2018 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends children in foster care (FC) have an initial medical evaluation within 3 days of custody initiation; however, this vulnerable population often suffers from disjointed care. Our ... Full text Link to item Cite