Fact Sheet: Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) contains provisions that are designed to improve major gaps in the health care coverage, financing and delivery system that prevent children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) from accessing health care services or which imp [...]
Addressing Social Determinants of Health Through Community Health Workers: A Call to Action
A report from the Hispanic Health Council proposing recommendations for community health worker pay, caseloads, and training, as well as outlining policy recommendations for supporting robust community health worker programs.
Transition [Also Health Care Transition (HCT)]
Generally used in reference to supports and services required by youth with special health care needs as they go from pediatric to adult services, programs, or settings. Visit the Got Transition website to learn more about transition.
Community Health Worker Impact on Chronic Disease Outcomes Within Primary Care Examined Using Electronic Health Records
This study uses Electronic Health Records (EHR) to examine the impact of exposure to CHWs on chronic disease indicators among subjects at two different health centers. Though additional EHR analysis is necessary to further assess the impact of CHW intervention, participants in this study showed impr [...]
HRSA Meeting Posters for the SPNS initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
For a HRSA meeting on June 27, 2017, each SPNS demonstration site created a poster presentation outlining the model that was developed as part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations. Each poster includes findings, successes and challenges a [...]
Community Health Workers
A concept note produced by the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard. Outlines the history of global CHW programs as well as case studies of successful recruitment efforts.
Title IV-E
Title IV-E is a subpart of Title IV. This program provides federal reimbursement to states for the costs of children receiving care in foster homes. To learn more about Title IV-E, visit the Social Security website.
Role of Community Health Workers in Supporting South Africa’s HIV/AIDS Treatment Programme
An article drawing on the experiences of community health workers in South Africa’s HIV/AIDS treatment programme. Offers insights regarding stresses and succeses of the program, CHW engagement, and challenges in integrating CHWs into the health care system.
Catastrophic Rupture: A Memoir of Healing
Catastrophic Rupture: A Memoir of Healing was written by K. Jane Lee, MD, a member of Team Wisconsin. As a pediatric critical care physician and an ethicist, Lee was accustomed to caring for children with a range of serious conditions and disabilities, and felt comfortable helping families navigate [...]
Ticket to Work
A voluntary program in which qualified SSI recipients can obtain vocational rehabilitation, employment or other support services from an approved provider to help them go to work and achieve employment goals. Ticket to Work is part of the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which also expands M [...]
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