The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #52329

Iris Ayala, LPN and Pam Bryer, MPH. Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, 601 Westtown Road, Suite 192, West Chester, PA 19380, (610) 444-7650, mchcktsq@voicenet.com

Since 1995, the Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, Pennsylvania has provided home visiting and social support to nearly 2000 pregnant and parenting women and their children. Each year, Family Health Advocates (outreach workers) enroll nearly 400 uninsured children into CHIP or Medicaid through community based, culturally competent outreach strategies in collaboration with numerous county health and social service agencies. These strategies have been important in meeting the needs of families who because of financial, language, cultural or other barriers are uninsured. We will present these successful strategies to assist other Outreach Worker programs develop enrollment programs for uninsured children.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide specific, culturally competent strategies to sucessfully reach and enroll uninsured children into CHIP/Medicaid with a specific focus on Latino children.
• Provide specific, culturally competent strategies to sucessfully enroll pregnant women into early prenatal care.
• Provide a framework to integrate home visiting, prenatal education, parenting education, transportation assistance, and Spanish language medical interpreting to increase access to care, and reduce disparities in health outcomes for women and their children.

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.