Educating Patients through Clinicians: The CMCH Clinician Toolkit

Abstract

As media and technology advance, the understanding of how they affect the health and development of children continues to evolve. Today, more and more clinicians address media health-related concerns among their pediatric patients, and the need for specialized patient education materials about these issues continues to grow. Creating and distributing these resources is an iterative and complex process, requiring continual evaluation of research from the field, feedback from sample target demographics, and collaboration with clinicians and clinical practices. Making these materials a part of a comprehensive toolkit for clinicians and providing open-source access to them can help ensure that patients and their families receive the information they need and become better educated about best practices when it comes to media use and health.

Keywords:

• Media health effects
• patient education
• pediatrics

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Palix Foundation.

Notes on contributors

Jill R. Kavanaugh

Jill R. Kavanaugh, MLIS, AHIP ([email protected]) is the Knowledge Program Librarian for the Center on Media and Child Health.

Kristelle Lavallee

Kristelle Lavallee, MA ([email protected]) is the Content Strategist for the Center on Media and Child Health.