4217.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Health Care Access and Utilization

This session will provide data and information relevant to public health professionals regarding health care assess and utilization of children and youth with special health care needs. Presentations focus on key public health functions including identification, needs assessment, linking of data, health care access, and health care utilization.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: 1. List 3 population-based methods for identifying children and youth with special health care needs 2. Describe one approach for linking public health data to identify children and youth with special health needs 3. Discuss factors that impact emergency use of economically disadvantages children with special health needs 4. Discuss health care resource use of children with special health care needs
Moderator(s):Deborah Allen, ScD
John Reiss, PhD
2:30 PMED Utilization Among Economically Disadvantaged Children with Special Health Care Needs
Harold A. Pollack, PhD, Kevin Dombkowski, DrPH, Janet Zimmerman, MPP PhD, John Wheeler, PhD, Sarah Clark, MPH, Anne Cowan, MPH, Matthew Davis, MPPAM MD, A. Craig Hillemeier, MD, Gary Freed, MD
2:50 PMHealth care resource use of children with special health care needs
Michael Lee Ganz, PhD, MS, Lisa Sofis, MPA, Emily Davidson, MD, Palfrey Judith
3:10 PMIdentifying CSHCN in Title XXI for referral to Title V Programs
Donna H Wegener, MA, Elizabeth A. Shenkman, PhD, Phyllis Sloyer, Christine A. Bono, MA
3:30 PMLinking Data to Identify Special Health Care Needs Children: The District of Columbia Experience
J. Daniel Welsh, MP, Deven Sha, MS
Sponsor:Maternal and Child Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA