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Health Care Transition for Youth with Special Health Care Needs Survey

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on the medical care provided to adolescent and young adult patients. Your feedback is appreciated and will assist our efforts in assessing the health care services available to this population.

The survey is completely voluntary and will only take you approximately 5 minutes to complete.

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* 1. How long since your residency?

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* 3. Is the practice that you primarily provide services for recognized as patient centered medical home?

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* 4. Have you provided care to patients 12 years of age and older within the past six months?

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* 5. At what age do you typically begin to meet with your adolescent patient without their parent/caregiver?

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* 6. Do you discuss reproductive health care and family planning with your adolescent and young adult patients?

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* 7. Do you discuss drug use with your adolescent and young adult patients?

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* 8. How often do you contribute to, or participate in, special education services through the Individualized Education Plan for your patients

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* 9. How often does your practice conduct mental health screenings for your adolescent and young adult patients?

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* 10. Does your practice have a policy or protocol for addressing concerns of bullying for your adolescent and young adult patients?

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* 11. Does your practice have a policy or protocol to explain the legal changes that take place in privacy and consent at age 18 for your adolescent and young adult patients?

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* 12. Do you utilize an evidence based standardized periodicity schedule, tools and anticipatory guidance for the infants, children and adolescent populations that you serve?

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* 13. How often do you have adolescents transfer to your practice from a pediatric primary care setting?

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* 14. How often do you communicate with the adolescents’ pediatric specialist to assist with coordinating care?

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* 15. How often does your practice assists your young adult patients with navigating assistance programs such as SSI Disability and prescription assistance programs to ensure the patient is able to maintain health care coverage as they age out of pediatric assistance programs?

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* 16. Please rate your comfort level in treating adolescents and young adults with the following health conditions:

  very comfortable comfortable somewhat comfortable least comfortable not comfortable
Asthma
Autism – nonverbal
Autism - verbal
Autoimmune disorders e.g. diabetes type I, celiac disease, lupus juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Behavioral health concerns
Cancer (e.g. leukemia, brain and other central nervous system tumors, neuroblastoma, wilms tumor)
Care for Transgender Adolescents
Cerebral palsy
Chromosomal/metabolic disorders
Congenital heart disease
Cystic fibrosis
Downs syndrome
Hematological disorders (ie, sickle cell, thrombocytopenia, anemias, platelet disorders)
Learning disorders (dyslexia, dysgraphia - considered neurologically based - but can co-exist with behavioral/mental disorders - ie, ADHD/ADD)
Mental health disorders (e.g. anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADD/ADHD)
Musculoskeletal disorders (ie, Ehlers-Danlos, Marfan's, scoliosis)
Obesity
Pregnancy
Seizure disorders
Spina bifida
STDs
Urgent care needs - rashes, influenza, GI and ENT problems

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* 17. How helpful would you find each of the following in increasing your comfort level in accepting youth with special health care needs into your practice.

  Most helpful

5
Very helpful

4
Helpful

3
Somewhat Helpful

2
Least Helpful

1
In office CME on pediatric chronic illnesses
Written information about condition
Support from sub-specialist
More office support/care coordination
Conversation with prior physician
Written medical transfer summary
Information about resources
Online CME
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