Understanding Caregiving and Caregivers: Supporting Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs at Home

Researchers worked with family caregivers to incorporate their expertise on caregiving and lay a better foundation for successful integration between health care settings, family caregiving, and community supports for families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). This article identifies high-priority gaps in CYSHCN caregiving research and proposes research questions that could increase the evidence-base for understanding of the work of family caregivers and how best to support them.

This article is part of a supplement to Academic Pediatrics that outlines a national health systems research agenda for CYSHCN. Learn more about the supplement and access all the articles.

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