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Community health intervention can help extend ADHD care to more minority children

The workers held six hour-long sessions with parents and caregivers

Afterward, parents were more likely to consider treatments and children were more likely to receive them

MONDAY, Aug. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Community health workers could help extend care to more minority children with ADHD , a new pilot study says.

Parents of kids with ADHD said they were more likely to consider medications, therapy and school services to help their child, researchers report in the Journal of Attention Disorders .

“We know from previous studies that compared to white youth, Black, Hispanic and Asian children with ADHD receive less treatment, including fewer visits with a health care provider a

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