When to Bring Your Child to the Emergency Room: a pamphlet for parents

Authors

Trina Thornburgh, University of VermontFollow

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Date

2019

Abstract

For decades, emergency departments (EDs) have struggled with overuse. Children who receive their primary care at a community health clinic or who are Medicaid-insured are twice as likely as private practice patients to seek care in the ED. Additionally, many New American families do not have a comprehensive understanding of the US healthcare system. A pamphlet was created as a health literacy intervention for parents to better understand when to call 911, visit the ED, or go to a primary care provider. The pamphlet is being translated into 8 languages commonly spoken by New American families in Chittenden County, VT.

Clinical Site

Community Health Centers of Burlington

Keywords

emergency department, Vermont, community health center, New American, pediatrics

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Disciplines

Medical Education | Primary Care

Recommended Citation

Thornburgh, Trina, "When to Bring Your Child to the Emergency Room: a pamphlet for parents" (2019). Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects. 468.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/468