Table 3.

Parent-Identified, Suburban Practice/Pediatrician–Endorsed Partnership Concepts with Probability Scores <80.00% for Any Group, and Dropped Partnership Concepts

Concept/Statement^*	Pediatricians (n = 24)	Parents
Concept/Statement^*	Pediatricians (n = 24)	Suburban Practice (n = 90)	Health Center (n = 101)	All (n = 191)
Parent identified
27. Being available any time of day or night³	44.82	85.08	99.94	94.89
28. Discussing child's care with other professionals	60.54	94.12	80.38	86.85
29. Spending as much time as possible with parent/child³	74.26	88.76	87.50	88.12
30. Avoiding legal issues interfering with pediatrician relationship with parent and child	61.86	96.77	99.51	98.55
31. Agreeing with physician on treatment plan	65.96	95.90	96.33	96.21
Identified by suburban practice/pediatricians
32. Making recommendations about a course of treatment	99.94	90.30	51.07	67.72
33. Involving parent in defining the problem	99.52	98.75	66.61	81.32
34. Including the child in a discussion of his/her condition¹⁶	91.69	79.60	40.60	57.36
35. Including an age-appropriate child in planning a course of treatment¹⁶	98.35	98.53	69.47	82.71
36. Giving specific reassuring information	95.01	98.15	67.11	81.69
37. Including parent's recommendations about what should be included in treatment plan	89.69	85.83	65.51	74.92
38. Giving advice on how to stay healthy in future	91.69	100.00	67.61	83.62
Identified as negative
39. Engaging in social talk¹⁵	39.68	39.61	22.73	30.69
40. Pediatrician sharing personal information about self	15.88	22.30	26.61	24.77
No defined trend
41. Asking parent's opinion about child's treatment	91.69	82.77	71.49	76.50
42. Involving parent in deciding how to manage child's condition	97.18	99.60	75.63	87.44
43. Giving verbal praise²	78.21	62.84	86.49	74.83
44. Giving advice on how to reduce risk of future illness	93.04	100.00	73.44	87.62
45. Giving nonverbal encouragement (Cox et al, 2007)	87.66	72.92	76.53	74.92

↵* Concepts with references were inspired by peer-reviewed articles regarding partnership as it applied to parents and children.