Earlier this month, the Trauma-Informed ACEs Screening and Intervention Evaluation (TASIE) Project completed its first 9-month quality-improvement ECHO program. Cohort 1 of the TASIE Project included 17 pediatric primary care practices consisting of 89 providers and 114 total team members, across eight states. These practices have successfully incorporated ACEs screening into their workflow and will use what they've learned through this program to spread awareness of ACEs and toxic stress throughout their community, providing evidence-based interventions for pediatric patients they serve that are impacted by ACEs.
See what Dr. Radhakrishnan and Nurse Katie McNamara from Bellevue Pediatrics in Ewing Township, NJ say about what they've learned during their participation in this cohort:
Other practitioners had this to say about their experience screening for ACEs:
"I found a lot of issues that I don’t think I would have found normally if I hadn’t given patients the questionnaire…It was an eye opener. It really helped so I’m going to continue it."
"One of the biggest changes [since the start of TASIE] has just been our confidence in talking about ACEs and talking about stress and kind of opening up the conversation to our families about not only their child's health and mental health but also about it as a family and how they're coping and experiencing things."
If this is something that interests yourself or your practice, the TASIE team is currently recruiting for our second cohort. During the cohort, the CYW and NJAAP team will train and provide coaching to practice sites to implement an ACEs screening and intervention pilot using the Pediatric ACEs and Life Events Screener (PEARLS) tool and the Seven Domains of Wellness. In addition, the practice sites will participate in a 9-month Quality Improvement Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes).
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) reviewed the project and found that it does not meet the definition of research involving human subjects as defined by DHHS and FDA regulations. Therefore, it did not require review and approval by the HMH Institutional Review Board. Selected practices will be provided with a $15,000 stipend as well as CME/MOC Part 2 and 4 Points. The RFP Application for Cohort 2 is open now and is due July 29, 2022 (two weeks!). Interested pediatric practices should visit the “TASIE Project” website (www.njaap.org/tasie) for eligibility requirements, important dates, and informational webinars. Cohort 2 will run from September 2022 through May 2023.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Molly Peterson at molly.peterson@safeandsound.org.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $960,000 with no percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
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