Mya Howard

1 Background Securing quality primary care in the United States is challenging because of systematic differences between care models, workforce issues and limited public and private funding (GlobalData Plc 2024; Gray et al. 2018). As a group, autistic adults experience a higher number of co-occurring physical and mental health conditions (Croen et al. 2015; Fombonne et al. 2020; Longo et al. 2024; Ward et al.

Findings from the present review suggest that clinician trainings may be effective at increasing clinicians' knowledge and self-efficacy (i.e., confidence), changing their self-reported practice behavior (e.g., increasing referrals for autism diagnosis), and enabling them to make accurate diagnoses in most circumstances.

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