142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Children with Special Health Care Needs: Treatment Models and Service Systems

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session assesses CSHCN programs, describes treatment approaches and models for CSHCN, and compares quality of services as reported by participants in Medicaid health plans and compares changes in caregiver quality of life and child asthma control.
Session Objectives: Explain treatment approaches and models for CSHCN Compare quality of care among participants in a diverse urban Medicaid health plan Discuss application of the group visit model in pediatric heart transplant clinic Describe the Boston Children's Hospital Community Asthma Initiative
Organizers:
Cynthia Cassell, PhD and Jennifer Marshal, PhD, MPH
Moderators:
Jennifer Marshall, PhD, MPH and Cynthia Cassell, PhD

9:09am
Application of the group visit model in the pediatric heart transplant clinic
Lan Doan, MPH, CPH, Nancy McDonald, CPNP, Donna Lee, RN, CPNP, David Rosenthal, MD and Seth Hollander, MD
9:21am
Boston Children's Hospital Community Asthma Initiative (CAI): Comparing Changes in Caregiver Quality of Life (QOL) and Child Asthma Control, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Localization of Asthma Triggers
Lindsay Tsopelas, BA, Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH, Susan J. Sommer, MSN, WHNP-BC, AE-C, Eric Fleegler, MD MPH, Margarita Lorenzi, BS, Kathy Monteiro Williams, BA and Urmi Bhaumik, MBBS, MS, ScD

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: School Health Education and Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)