OurChild: A Health IT Solution to Reduce Minority Health Disparities

Chinese American immigrant families are a fast-growing immigrant group with unmet early childhood mental health needs. The team proposes to design, build, and implement OurChild, an integrated mHealth/EHR solution to increase access to early childhood mental health knowledge and mental health services and resources for Chinese American children ages 2-6 years old and their parents in the Sunset Park Brooklyn.

Inclusion Criteria: * Child must be 24 to 72 months old * Child must have been receiving pediatric primary care at the 7th Ave FHC for at least 6 months * Child must be identified as Chinese and/or preferred language is Chinese in EHR * Parents must be at least 18 years old * Parents must be the child's parent/legal guardian * Parents must be able and willing to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Siblings and parents of previously enrolled children * Parents who do not have access to an iOS or Android smartphone