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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Tari Topolski, PhD and Susan Kinne, PhD. Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, 146 N Canal Street #313, Seattle, WA 98103, (206)685-7259, topolski@u.washington.edu
The Washington State Department of Health is funded by the CDC's Office on Disability and Health to administer a stand-alone disability supplement to the annual Washington State Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). The disability supplement is conducted by the state BRFS contractor using BRFSS methodology that randomly selects one respondent from each sampled household. In 2001 the supplement collected information on children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and a comparison sample of children without disabilities, to investigate differentials in access to health and dental care. The method identified 1302 children in 700 of the supplement's 2117 sampled households. Respondents who reported being knowledge about the child(ren)'s health were asked the age, gender and a rating of health for each of their household's children. Using the FACCT screener, 191 children in 144 households were identified as having a special health care need. In households with multiple CSHCNs, one child was randomly selected to give a representative sample of CSHCNs (n=144). A comparison random sample of 386 children from non-CSHCN households was also selected. This presentation will describe observed differences in oral health, access to and coordination of health care, and childcare needs for children with and without special healthcare needs, and will discuss the strengths and limitations of the data and the collection process.
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Keywords: Children With Special Needs, Access to Health Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.