Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK)

About the Tool

SEEK is a 20-item questionnaire assessing needs in 3 domains (social & community context, neighborhood/physical environment, and food).

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Screening for depression in an urban pediatric primary care clinic

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Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Lane W, Prescott L, Blackman K, Grube L, Meyer W, Tracy JK. Screening for depression in an urban pediatric primary care clinic. Pediatr. 2007;119(3):435-43.

Dubowitz H, Prescott L, Feigelman S, Lane W, Kim J. Screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric primary care clinic. Pediatr. 2008;121(1):e85-91.

Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Lane W, Kim J.  Pediatric primary care to help prevent child maltreatment: the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) Model. Pediatr. 2009;123(3):858-64.

Dubowitz H, Lane WG, Semiatin JN, Magder LS, Venepally M, Jans M. The safe environment for every kid model: impact on pediatric primary care professionals. Pediatr. 2011;127(4):e962-70.   

Dubowitz H, Lane WG, Semiatin JN, Magder LS. The SEEK model of pediatric primary care: can child maltreatment be prevented in a low-risk population? Acad Pediatr. 2012;12(4):259-68.

Dubowitz H. The Safe Environment for Every Kid model: promotion of children's health, development, and safety, and prevention of child neglect. Pediatr Ann. 2014;43(11):e271-7.

Feigelman S, Dubowitz H, Lane W, Prescott L, Meyer W, Tracy JK, Kim J. Screening for harsh punishment in a pediatric primary care clinic. ​​​​​​Child Abuse Negl. 2009;33(5):269-77. 

Feigelman S, Dubowitz H, Lane W, Grube L, Kim J. Training pediatric residents in a primary care clinic to help address psychosocial problems and prevent child maltreatment. Acad Pediatr. 2011; 11(6):474-80.

Kim J, Dubowitz H, Hudson-Martin E, Lane W. Comparison of 3 data collection methods for gathering sensitive and less sensitive information. Ambul Pediatr. 2008;8(4):255-60.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Poole G. The Effectiveness of Food Insecurity Screening in Pediatric Primary Care. Int J Child Health Nutr. 2014;3(3):130-8.

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