Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare
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In the past decade, more and more behavioral health providers have begun consultation practices in primary-care settings. Their availability makes multidisciplinary care a reality and the possibility of improved outcomes for patients with chronic pain more feasible. ⋯ This article presents two cases to illustrate the questions that arise in delivery of primary-care behavioral health services to patients with chronic pain. Relevant professional ethical guidelines for psychologists, social workers, and physicians are examined and recommendations for addressing the gaps in extant guides are offered.
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This special issue discusses the ethical issues providers face in collaborative primary care settings. It is organized in three sections: (a) Common Themes, (b) Context-Specific Quandaries, and (c) Research and Training. It provides case examples to illustrate ethical dilemmas, describe professional ethical standards pertinent to the case, identifies gaps in available guidance and how guidelines might be elucidated in state statues (without going into detail about specific states), offers feasible recommendations to BHCs for deciding an ethical course when extant guidance was lacking, and then demonstrates and applies the recommendations to achieve an ethical resolution to the case example.
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In this article, Larry Mauksch thanks the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) board for the honor in receiving the 2012 Don Bloch Award. The Don Bloch Award is presented annually to a person who has made singular contributions to forwarding the cause of collaborative family health care.
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Although there is a well-established literature showing a positive association between the frequency of family meals and child and adolescent healthful dietary intake and lower body mass index (BMI), little is known about the association between family meal frequency (quantity) and adult health outcomes and whether quality (distractions) of family meals influences adult BMI. This study investigates the association between the quantity and quality of family meals and adult BMI. Data were from a nationally representative sample of 4,885 adults ages 25 to 64 years (56% female), from which an analytic sample of 1,779 parents was drawn for the current study. ⋯ The interaction between quantity and quality was not statistically significant. Results suggest that both the quantity and quality of family meals matter for adult BMI, but one is not dependent on the other. Health care providers who work with families may want to consider promoting the importance of the quality and quantity of family meals to benefit the entire family.
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The patient-centered medical home model incorporates patient-centered care as a central tenet and espouses the health care team partnering with an engaged patient. The tools to accomplish this type of care have not evolved along with these values. ⋯ The PCCP was used in a residency-affiliated community hospital, group family medicine site and provided patient-centered, goal-directed care for complex patients. Use of the PCCP changed the patient-team relationship, showing that this care plan document can support the practice of the patient-centered medical home model by enhancing patient-centered, coordinated, comprehensive care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).