This timely professional reference and educational resource applies current concepts of
pediatric adherence to medical treatment to create a model for a family-centered collaborative
approach to managing chronic illness. At its core are the latest findings on adherence: the
factors that encourage it the barriers that derail it and the most effective interventions
for its improvement. The book's developmental lens highlights how adherence waxes and wanes
across different stages of childhood and adolescence and specialized chapters analyze social
realities exacerbating adherence problems. And its end product is a framework for how patients
parents caregivers and providers can work together effectively for improved adherence and
optimum outcomes. Included in the coverage: The scope and impact of nonadherence. Poverty
stress and chronic illness management. Racial ethnic health disparities and adherence.
Reconsidering the idea of self-management. · Screening for nonadherence in pediatric patients.
· A comprehensive behavioral health system for identifying and treating nonadherence.
Healthcare Partnerships for Pediatric Adherence offers relevant contemporary perspective for
pediatricians looking for new ways to reduce treatment failure improve support to patients and
their families and promote patient involvement in their own care.
