141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Health Services Research: Care of Infants & Children

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will provide participants with information and data regarding disparities in health and health care quality and the role of policy and public-private health section collaborations in addressing these issues, how to achieve accreditation for private healthcare providers in developing countries, and amily nad provider characteristics that influence healthcare utilization.
Session Objectives: Analyze disparities in health and health care quality, and potential policies that can build upon existing priorities set forth in the legislation Identify family and provider characteristics that may affect infant health service utilization. Discuss the accreditation tools used for identifying Private Healthcare Providers Discuss public-private health sector collaborations to prevent child and adolescent injury
Organizers:

8:30am
A profile of health problems and quality of care for publicly vs. privately insured children in the US
Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH, Michael D. Kogan, PhD, Bonnie B. Strickland, PhD, Edward Schor, MD, Julie Robertson, MPH, MSW and Paul Newacheck, DrPH
9:10am
Infant health care utilization: Role of social isolation and mobility
Patrick Vivier, MD, PhD, Michelle Rogers, PhD, Miles Ott and Melissa Clark, PhD
9:30am
Engaging health plans in child injury prevention
Sally Fogerty, B.S.N., M.Ed. and Kathryn Santoro, B.A., M.A.

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health