@article{0cf9b3fdb9f14d20a01b30122e826954,
title = "Developmentally and culturally appropriate screening in primary care: Development of the behavioral health checklist",
abstract = "Objective To evaluate the construct validity of the Behavioral Health Checklist (BHCL) for children aged from 4 to 12 years from diverse backgrounds. Method The parents of 4-12-year-old children completed the BHCL in urban and suburban primary care practices affiliated with a tertiary-care children's hospital. Across practices, 1,702 were eligible and 1,406 (82.6%) provided consent. Children of participating parents were primarily non-Hispanic black/African American and white/Caucasian from low-to middle-income groups. Confirmatory factor analyses examined model fit for the total sample and subsamples defined by demographic characteristics. Results The findings supported the hypothesized 3-factor structure: Internalizing Problems, Externalizing Problems, and Inattention/Hyperactivity. The model demonstrated adequate to good fit across age-groups, gender, races, income groups, and suburban versus urban practices. Conclusion The findings provide strong evidence of the construct validity, developmental appropriateness, and cultural sensitivity of the BHCL when used for screening in primary care.",
keywords = "Behavior problems, Mental health, Primary care",
author = "Power, {Thomas J.} and Koshy, {Anson J.} and Watkins, {Marley W.} and Cassano, {Michael C.} and Wahlberg, {Andrea C.} and Mautone, {Jennifer A.} and Blum, {Nathan J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Between December 2010 and September 2012, 2,171 parents were approached to participate in the study. Of these parents, 1,702 (78.4%) met eligibility criteria. The primary reason for ineligibility was that the parents did not have a child in the study age-range (about 95% of ineligible cases); other reasons were that the primary caregivers were not present during the screening, the parents had been previously invited to participate in the study, and the parents did not understand English. Of the eligible cases, 1,406 (82.6%) consented to participate. The number of boys and girls for whom measures were completed in the urban and suburban practices for each age-group (4–7 and 8–12 years) is presented in Table I. Because we did not collect any identifying information from participants, this study was determined to be exempt by the hospital{\textquoteright}s Institutional Review Board. Given grant funding available to support this project (separate grants for data collection in the urban and suburban sites), parents from the urban practices received a stipend of $20 for participation and those from suburban practices were offered a stipend of $10.",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/jpepsy/jst063",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "1155--1164",
journal = "Journal of pediatric psychology",
issn = "0146-8693",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "10",
}