Mission and Goals

The mission of the Society of Pediatric Psychology Adherence and Self-Management SIG is to foster professional collaboration and to further the field’s understanding and use of evidence-based approaches towards the assessment and promotion of regimen adherence among youth with a chronic medical condition and their families, in research and clinical care.

The goals of the Adherence and Self-Management SIG are to:

• Assemble and disseminate research and evidence-based approaches to assessment and intervention for adherence via publications, presentations, and the development of shared databases.
• Facilitate research and clinical collaborations by creating shared resources and providing opportunities for networking.
• Develop and deliver training in empirically-based tools for assessing adherence and strategies for improving adherence.
• Refine issues in the field of non-adherence (e.g., writing position statements, establishing best practice guidelines, devising a universal definition of adherence).
• Provide mentorship to students and trainees in the field of pediatric medical regimen adherence.

Please visit our SIG website for additional information: https://div54adherencesig.weebly.com

Leadership and Committees

The Adherence & Self-Management SIG is comprised of separate committees:

• Assessment
• Intervention (Chair: Ke Ding, Ph.D.)
• Dissemination (Chair: Nellie Shippen, MA)
• Communications (Chair: Sara Lampert-Okin)

Members of the Adherence & Self-Management SIG can choose to join a committee and participate in committee-wide activities, in addition to SIG-wide activities. Leaders of each committee communicate regularly about their respective projects and plan for SIG-wide initiatives.

For questions, please contact the SIG co-chairs:

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