Allen K D, Barone V J, Kuhn B R
Meyer Rehabilitation Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1993 Winter;26(4):493-502. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-493.
In recent decades, pediatric medicine has undergone a shift in focus from infectious diseases to the effects of behavior on the health and development of children. At the same time, behavior analysts have increasingly evaluated the direct application of their technology to the development and maintenance of child health behavior. Unfortunately, applied behavior analysts have developed their technology parallel to, rather than collaboratively with, pediatricians and, as a result, are not recognized as experts in the treatment of child health behavior. In addition, behavioral technology is not widely recognized as the treatment of choice by pediatricians. This paper provides a behavioral prescription for behavior analysts who wish to enter pediatrics as expert scientists and technicians. Specific recommendations are provided for stimulating collaborative rather than parallel development between applied behavior analysis and pediatrics in the promotion and maintenance of child health behavior. Strategies for maintaining this collaborative relationship and for strengthening the social relevance of behavior analysis are discussed.
近几十年来，儿科学的重点已从传染病转向行为对儿童健康和发育的影响。与此同时，行为分析师越来越多地评估他们的技术在儿童健康行为的发展和维持方面的直接应用。不幸的是，应用行为分析师是与儿科医生并行发展他们的技术，而不是与之合作，因此，他们不被视为儿童健康行为治疗方面的专家。此外，行为技术并未被儿科医生广泛认可为首选治疗方法。本文为希望以专家科学家和技术人员身份进入儿科学领域的行为分析师提供了一份行为处方。针对在促进和维持儿童健康行为方面刺激应用行为分析与儿科学之间的合作而非并行发展，给出了具体建议。还讨论了维持这种合作关系以及增强行为分析的社会相关性的策略。
