Recorded presentation

Judith Cash, MEd, CHIP of Virginia, 701 E. Franklin Street, Suite 502, Richmond, VA 23219, (804) 783-2667, vacash1@aol.com

CHIP of Virginia is a statewide network of local programs committed to improving the health of Virginia's most vulnerable citizens. Teams of CHIP nurses and community health workers, or outreach workers, visit low-income families at home to ensure access to quality health care for their children and to provide health supervision and family support.

CHIP links young children from low-income families with health professionals who assure appropriate care in a consistent setting. CHIP assists physicians by prompting families to keep appointments, ensuring treatment recommendations are followed, and attending to the environmental and social factors that influence health and development.

In the CHIP model, outreach workers are members of the team that also includes nurses and family members. Together, the team helps to identify family needs and resources, and develops a plan to maximize the resources and meet the needs. Responsibility for implementation of the plan is shared among team members.

This oral presentation, to be delivered by Sandra Valdez, Lizette Ryan and a program administrator, will describe how the CHIP model works with families of limited English proficiency in Arlington, Virginia. Presenters will discuss CHIP's culturally appropriate, capacity-building approach to working with families, helping them set and reach goals to achieve self-sufficiency and to build parental confidence. We will also discuss strategies to strengthen families so they can support and encourage the physical and mental development of their children in a healthy, safe and stable environment.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to

• Identify the 3 essential elements of the CHIP model;
• Describe the team approach used by the CHIP model;
• Describe four stragegies used by CHIP to engage families with limited English proficiency in their children's health care; and
• Assess the applicability of the CHIP model to other populations of low income families.

Keywords: Child Health Promotion, Access to Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Recorded presentation