Diversifying caregiver input to upgrade the Young Children’s Participation and Environment Measure (YC-PEM) for equitable pediatric re/habilitation practice

Presenter(s): Vivian Villegas, OTD, OTR/L

Contributing Author(s): Mary Khetani, ScD, OTR/L; Dianna Bosak, OTD, OTR/L; Zurisadai Salgado, OTS, BS; Michelle Phoenix, PhD, Reg. CASLPO; Natalie Parde, PhD; Rachel Teplicky, OT Reg.; High Value Early Intervention Research Group

Content Areas: Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Pediatrics

Target Audience: Student, Entry-level, Intermediate-level, Advanced-level

Course Description: This poster explores historically minoritized caregivers' responses to content modifications for a revised evidence-based and promising electronic patient reported outcome assessment. The study aims were 1) to examine caregiver perspectives of the clarity and relevance of proposed content modifications and 2) to examine caregiver experience with dialogue agents to define functional requirements needed to pursue user-centered design of an intelligent virtual agent for supporting user navigation.