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Summary
This session will detail the use of relational assessments in combination with behavioral assessments in integrated healthcare. We will overview common behavioral health assessments used in healthcare (i.e., depression, anxiety, specific behavioral practices) and relational-focused assessments (i.e., parent-child, couple, family, and peer). We will discuss the use of relational assessments as screeners, outcomes, and through intervention work, using our own examples and those from the literature. In our work, ~15% of families in pediatric primary care and 25-60% of families in adult weight management report impaired family functioning, and patients’ perceptions of social support predicts positive health outcomes. Attendees will review, complete, and score relational assessments. Finally, we will review the utility and evidence for implementing behavioral and relational assessments in health care, including examples from pediatric primary care to adult weight management tertiary care.
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Objectives
- Identify evidence-based relational screeners for use in integrated health care settings.
- Discern which (combinations of) individual and relational measures are appropriate for research and clinical evaluation in a variety of settings and populations.
- Utilize assessments for both outcomes research and clinical care to distinguish areas of concern for targeted treatment of the individual/and or family.
References
- Van Fossen, C., Pratt, K., Murray, R., Skelton, J. (2018). Family Functioning in Pediatric Primary Care Patients. Clinical Pediatrics. doi.org/10.1177/0009922818793347
- Pratt, K. & Skelton, J. (2018). Families’ organization around weight-related behaviors in childhood obesity treatment: A family systems theory-informed approach to assessment and treatment. Academic Pediatrics, 18(6), 620-627.
- Halliday JA, Palma CL, Mellor D, Green J, Renzaho AMN. The relationship between family functioning and child and adolescent overweight and obesity: a systematic review. International Journal of Obesity. 2014;38(4):480-493.
- Haines J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Horton NJ, Kleinman K, Bauer K"....Family functioning and quality of parent-adolescent relationship: cross-sectional associations with adolescent weight-related behaviors and weight status. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016;13:68.
- Ferro, MA & Boyle MH. (2015). The impact of chronic physical illness, maternal depressive symptoms, family functioning, and self-esteem on symptoms of anxiety and depression in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(1), 177-187.
