Impact of training in autism for primary care providers: A pilot study
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2015
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Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
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Bordini D.
Lowenthal R.
Gadelha A.
de Araujo Filho G.M.
Mari J.J.
Paula C.S.
Lowenthal R.
Gadelha A.
de Araujo Filho G.M.
Mari J.J.
Paula C.S.
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© 2015 Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria.Objective: To evaluate the impact of a training program on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identification offered to Brazilian health professionals. Methods: Twenty-two primary care providers participated in five 3-hour weekly training sessions. Results: The trained providers significantly improved their ASD knowledge after training in comparison with pre-training (mean score, 6.73 vs. 9.18, p<0.01). Clinical practice also changed: 4 months after the training program, the providers had referred six times as many suspected cases of ASD to a specialized mental health service in comparison with the previous 4 months. Conclusion: This pilot training model seems a promising, feasible, and inexpensive way to improve early identification of ASD in the primary care system.
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Adult , Child , Child Development Disorders, Pervasive , Child, Preschool , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Personnel , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Pediatrics , Pilot Projects , Primary Health Care , Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Statistics, Nonparametric , Time Factors