University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Department of Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2021 Nov;38 Suppl 2:132-134. doi: 10.1111/pde.14782. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
We examined the potential for virtual, pediatric group visits to reduce racial disparities in psychosocial isolation and access to care among children of color with pediatric vitiligo and alopecia areata as well as their caregivers. We have conducted 10 visits with 30 pediatric skin of color patients between 5 and 16 years old: 18 patients with alopecia areata, 12 with vitiligo, 59% female, 64% Black, and 23% Latinx, and 33 parents. After the visits, children and parents felt they had more people they knew and could reach out to about their dermatologic condition, the visits exceeded both children's and parents' expectations, and both children and parents reported that they would continue attending future group visits if offered. Group visits in the virtual format may present an opportunity for reducing racial disparities in psychosocial isolation and access to care across geographic locations in pediatric dermatology.
我们研究了虚拟儿科小组访视的可能性，以减少有色人种儿童中患有白癜风和斑秃的儿童及其照顾者的社会隔离和获得护理方面的种族差异。我们已经对 30 名 5 至 16 岁的有色人种皮肤患者进行了 10 次访视：18 名斑秃患者，12 名白癜风患者，59%为女性，64%为黑人，23%为拉丁裔，33 名家长。访视后，孩子们和家长们表示，他们认识了更多的人，可以就他们的皮肤病状况与他们联系。访视超出了孩子们和家长们的预期，如果提供的话，孩子们和家长们都表示他们将继续参加未来的小组访视。虚拟形式的小组访视可能为减少儿科皮肤科领域的社会隔离和获得护理方面的种族差异提供了机会。
