Redesigning what’s possible in a Well-Child Care Visit…
What is PARENT?
The PARENT (Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers) Intervention is a model for well-child care (WCC) that adds a community health worker called a “Parent Coach” into well-child care visits to provide preventive care services. PARENT provides both meaningful and lasting solutions to the current gaps in care experienced by low-income families under the traditional model of pediatric care visits.
PARENT Improves Well-Child
Care by Utilizing …
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A Parent Coach
A Parent Coach is a community health worker trained in early childhood preventive care who joins the WCC team.
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Pre-Visit Questionnaire
Parents complete a pre-visit questionnaire before seeing the WCC team. This allows the parent to indicate priorities for the visit, social and psychosocial needs, and developmental and behavioral concerns.
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A Text Messaging System
The WCC team uses a text messaging system to deliver age-appropriate anticipatory guidance, health education, developmental tips, and reminders to parents.
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An Optimized WCC Visit
In this model of preventive care, the addition of the parent coach greatly increases the amount of time that parents have to get their needs addressed at a WCC visit.
Studies show that Parents receiving the PARENT model of care are more likely to…
✓ Report receiving needed guidance and education on a range of parenting issues at visits
✓ Stay up to date on well-child care visits
✓ Receive a full assessment of their family social and psychosocial needs
✓ Have their developmental and behavioral concerns heard and addressed
✓ Report having helpful discussions with their well-child care team
A PARENT STORY:
Read more about the vital role and impact that Parent Coaches have on families through Rosa’s story
Find out where PARENT has been and where we are going
Tacoma, Washington
Duarte, California
Compton, California
Columbus, Ohio
10 Federally Qualified Health Center sites. 2 Medicaid-focused practices. 3 studies.1000+ families
(Find out more about our previous and current studies, by clicking on the locations below.)
