School-based Screening to Identify Children At Risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Barriers and Implications

Tammy D Barry; Raymond A Sturner; Karen Seymour; Barbara H Howard; Lucy McGoron; Paul Bergmann; Ronald Kent; Casey Sullivan; Theodore S Tomeny; Jessica S Pierce; Kristen L Coin; James K Goodlad; Nichole Werle

doi:10.1080/02739615.2014.948160

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School-based Screening to Identify Children At Risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Barriers and Implications

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School-based Screening to Identify Children At Risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Barriers and Implications

Tammy D Barry, Raymond A Sturner, Karen Seymour, Barbara H Howard, Lucy McGoron, Paul Bergmann, Ronald Kent, Casey Sullivan, Theodore S Tomeny, Jessica S Pierce, …

Children's health care, Vol.45(3), pp.241-265

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2014.948160

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109289

PMCID: PMC5019564

PMID: 27642209

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Attention-deficit

mental health screening

barriers

school-based screening

hyperactivity disorder

This report describes a school-based screening project to improve early identification of children at risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and communicate these concerns to parents, recommending that they contact their child’s primary care provider (PCP). Of 17,440 eligible children in first through fifth grades in five school districts, 47.0% of parents provided required written consent, and teachers completed 70.4% of the online screeners (using the Vanderbilt AD/HD Diagnostic Teacher Rating Scale). Of 5,772 screeners completed, 18.1% of children ( n = 1,044) were identified as at risk. Parents of at-risk children were contacted to explain risk status and recommended to visit their child’s PCP for further evaluation. It was not possible to contact 39.1% of parents of at-risk children. Of the 636 parents of at-risk children who could be contacted, 53.1% ( n = 338) verbally accepted the recommendation to follow-up with their PCP, which was not related to ADHD symptom severity. Parents of children with IEPs or related services were more likely to accept the recommendation to visit the PCP. Our exploration of the potential for school-based screening for ADHD identified a number of barriers to successful execution, but the data also indicated that this is an important problem to address.

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Title: School-based Screening to Identify Children At Risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Barriers and Implications
Creators: Tammy D Barry - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Raymond A Sturner - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Karen Seymour - Johns Hopkins University Children’s Center, Baltimore, MD
Barbara H Howard - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Lucy McGoron - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Paul Bergmann - Syncretix, St. Paul, MN
Ronald Kent - Hattiesburg Clinic/Connections, Hattiesburg, MS
Casey Sullivan - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Theodore S Tomeny - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Jessica S Pierce - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Kristen L Coin - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
James K Goodlad - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Nichole Werle - The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Publication Details: Children's health care, Vol.45(3), pp.241-265
Academic Unit: Graduate School
Identifiers: 99900547447201842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article