Identifying Precise Targets to Improve Child Mental Health Care Equity: Leveraging Advances in Clinical Research Informatics and Lived Experience

Abstract

To reduce child mental health disparities, it is imperative to improve the precision of targets and to expand our vision of social determinants of health as modifiable. Advancements in clinical research informatics and please state accurate measurement of child mental health service use and quality. Participatory action research promotes representation of underserved groups in informatics research and practice and may improve the effectiveness of interventions by informing research across all stages, including the identification of key variables, risk and protective factors, and data interpretation.

Keywords: Child mental health; Clinical informatics; Community-based participatory research; Disparities; Electronic health records.