TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral health needs in pediatric medicine and the acceptability of behavioral solutions
T2 - Implications for behavioral psychologists
AU - Arndorfer, Richard E.
AU - Allen, Keith D.
AU - Aljazireh, Laureen
N1 - Funding Information:
Richard Arndorfer is now with the West Central Human Service Center in Bismark, North Dakota. This research was supported in part by grant MCJ319152 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources Services Administration, and by grant 90 DD 032402 of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Correspondence may be addressed to Keith D. Allen, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 600 S. 42nd St., Omaha, NE 68198-5450. This article was originally accepted under the editorship of Frank Andrasik, Ph.D.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Behavior therapists' ability to survive and prosper in an increasingly competitive and restrictive health care environment may be dependent, at least in part, on the marketing of behavior therapists as valuable consultants. The process of marketing behavior therapists as consultants for pediatricians requires information about the problems that pediatricians confront as well as the perceived acceptability of the behavioral technology available to treat those problems. Eighty-five pediatricians identified the types of problems they regularly confront. They then rated the acceptability of six common behavioral interventions that might be used in the treatment of common child behavior problems. Results indicated that, more than any other problem, parents complain to pediatricians about their children's oppositional behavior. In addition, pediatricians report they find these problems most challenging to treat. Finally, pediatricians found each of the basic behavioral techniques to be acceptable for the treatment of oppositional behavior. The importance of these findings is discussed in terms of marketing behavior therapists and their technology and establishing careers in behavioral pediatrics.
AB - Behavior therapists' ability to survive and prosper in an increasingly competitive and restrictive health care environment may be dependent, at least in part, on the marketing of behavior therapists as valuable consultants. The process of marketing behavior therapists as consultants for pediatricians requires information about the problems that pediatricians confront as well as the perceived acceptability of the behavioral technology available to treat those problems. Eighty-five pediatricians identified the types of problems they regularly confront. They then rated the acceptability of six common behavioral interventions that might be used in the treatment of common child behavior problems. Results indicated that, more than any other problem, parents complain to pediatricians about their children's oppositional behavior. In addition, pediatricians report they find these problems most challenging to treat. Finally, pediatricians found each of the basic behavioral techniques to be acceptable for the treatment of oppositional behavior. The importance of these findings is discussed in terms of marketing behavior therapists and their technology and establishing careers in behavioral pediatrics.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80050-1
DO - 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80050-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033021729
SN - 0005-7894
VL - 30
SP - 137
EP - 148
JO - Behavior Therapy
JF - Behavior Therapy
IS - 1
ER -