The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Innovations in Expanding Health Services Coverage for Children
3255.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Innovations in Expanding Health Services Coverage for Children
Learning Objectives: 1)Assess the applicability of participatory approaches to quality improvement to other clinical health care settings. 2)Articulate the difference between program efficacy and effectiveness. 3)Describe barriers to implementing the program in Medicaid managed care. 4)Describe barriers to maintaining Medicaid Coverage among children living in low-income families. 5)Identify indicators and barriers to adolescent preventive health services.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH
Moderator(s):Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH
2:30 PM"We ourselves can solve most problems": Participatory approaches to quality improvement for child health
Janet Bradley, Moustapha Diallo, MBA, Fatoumata Fofana, Alpha Camara, Frederick Sawe, MD, Susan Igras, MPH, Amy Shire, MPH, Julie Becker, MSc
2:45 PMImprove your adolescent immunizaiton rates: Innovative methods of reminder/recall
Marlene M. Lugg, DrPH, Allan S. Lieberthal, MD, Constance Vadheim, PhD
3:00 PMImplementing the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study Intervention in a Medicaid Managed Care Health Plan: Closing the Gap Between Efficacy and Effectiveness
Matthew J. Carlson, PhD, Patti McIntire, David Mosen, MPH, PhD, Doreen Kiss, MD, David Labby, MD, Cindy L Fessler, BS
3:15 PMPediatric Preventive Health Care Services and Loss of Medicaid Coverage
Cheryl Zlotnick, MS DrPH, Laurie Soman, MSW
3:30 PMImproving the rate of adolescent well care visits: Case study from a medicaid managed care plan
Dianna M. Daly, MSPH, Hang T. Nguyen, MPH, Nancy A. Fereria, Nhu Hao Duong, MBA
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA