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Session: Managed Care: Evaluations of Interventions
3190.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Managed Care: Evaluations of Interventions
A close look at interventions and studies that attempt to address the treatment of asthma and childhood obesity. Health Net and Medi-Cal's Asthma Be In Charge!sm and Weight Management Be In Charge!sm programs are highlighted, as well as patterns of health service utilization of children and adolescents in Puerto Rico.
Learning Objectives: To raise awareness of lessons learned in developing programs that can produce successful outcomes in asthma and weight management programs, and to illustrate differences in the way children and adolescents are managed and treated.
Presider(s):Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim, MD, PhD
12:30 PMAsthma-Be In Charge!sm Program: Evaluation of Interventions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Geralyn Lara Soliz, BSN, Nancy Wongvipat, MPH, David M. Bodick, MPH, Steve J. Owh, MPH, Bruce Chernof, MD, FACP
12:48 PMDiabetes-Be In Charge!sm Program: Evaluation of Interventions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Millie Havens, RN, Nancy Wongvipat, MPH, David M. Bodick, MPH, Steve J. Owh, MPH, Bruce Chernof, MD, FACP, Geralyn Lara Soliz, BSN
1:06 PMWeight Management-Be In Charge!sm Program for Children and Adolescents: Evaluation of Interventions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nancy Wongvipat, MPH, Anita Keneipp, MS, Peggy Haines, RN, Bruce Chernof, MD, FACP
1:24 PMPatterns of health service utilization by insurance status among children and adolescents with asthma in Puerto Rico  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jose Capriles, MD, MPH, MHSA, Mario H. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, Ruth Rios, PhD, Rene Dávila, MS, Yelitza Sánchez, BS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Statistics
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA