2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

3374.0
Children with Special Health Care Needs Oral Session

Monday, November 2, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session describes experiences, effects, and strategies to improve access to health care services for children with special health care needs, care coordination and continuum of choice; innovative models in pediatric palliative care; and therapies for preschool-aged children with autistic spectrum disorder. Additionally, policies, processes, and obstacles for transition from pediatric to adult care for individuals with special health care needs also are discussed.
Session Objectives: Define strategies to improve health care service delivery for CSHCN that consider access along a continuum of choice Assess the cost, satisfaction, and policy implications of California's pediatric palliative care waiver program Describe patterns of treatment among pre-school aged children with autism spectrum disorder Discuss the challenges of transitioning patients from pediatric to adult healthcare settings
Organizers:
Jennifer Marshall, PhD, MPH and Cynthia Cassell, PhD
Moderators:
Lesley Cottrell, PhD and Cynthia Cassell, PhD

2:30pm
Journeys along the Continuum of Choice: Conceptualizations of Access to Health Care Services among Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs   
Rebecca Feinstein, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
2:50pm
Cost, Satisfaction, and Policy Effects of a Pediatric Palliative Care Program   
Max Hadler, MPH, MA, Daphna Gans, PhD, Xiao Chen, PhD and Shang-Hua Wu, MS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:10pm
Associations between socioeconomic characteristics and autism treatment: A longitudinal analysis   
Lucy Bilaver, PhD MPP MS
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3:30pm
Challenges to Transitioning Patients from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare   
Caren Steinway, MSW, MPH, Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW, Adam Greenberg, CRNP and Sophia Jan, MD, MHSP
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Disability

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

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