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Review
. 2024 Jul;33(3):471-483.
doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2024.03.009. Epub 2024 Apr 12.

Identifying Precise Targets to Improve Child Mental Health Care Equity: Leveraging Advances in Clinical Research Informatics and Lived Experience

Bonnie T Zima  1 , Juliet B Edgcomb  2 , Lisa R Fortuna  3
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Identifying Precise Targets to Improve Child Mental Health Care Equity: Leveraging Advances in Clinical Research Informatics and Lived Experience

Bonnie T Zima et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

To reduce child mental health disparities, it is imperative to improve the precision of targets and to expand our vision of social determinants of health as modifiable. Advancements in clinical research informatics and please state accurate measurement of child mental health service use and quality. Participatory action research promotes representation of underserved groups in informatics research and practice and may improve the effectiveness of interventions by informing research across all stages, including the identification of key variables, risk and protective factors, and data interpretation.

Keywords: Child mental health; Clinical informatics; Community-based participatory research; Disparities; Electronic health records.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Dr B.T. Zima receives funding for research from the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, California Bureau of Cannabis Control, National Institute of Drug Abuse, United States, California Department of Healthcare Services, and UCLA Office for Research Enhancement and Creative Activities. Dr J.B. Edgcomb receives funding for research from the National Institute of Mental Health (K23-MH130745–01), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001881), Harvey T. and Maude C. Sorensen Foundation, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, United States, and the Deeda Blair Research Initiative of the Foundation for the National Institute for Health. Dr L.R. Fortuna receives funding for research from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States (U01 MH131827–01; R01MH126664).

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