141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

3156.0
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Updates in Research and Practice

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
In this session, presenters will discuss research examining organization-, community- and system-level impacts on quality of life, quality of care, health services utilization, and racial and ethnic disparities for children with special health care needs.
Session Objectives: Identify factors within managed care systems impacting hospital readmissions and quality of care. Assess the impact of racial/ethnic and income disparities on medical and educational services. Analyze physical activity in youth with special needs.
Moderator:
Cynthia Cassell, PhD
Organizers:
Cynthia Cassell, PhD and Jennifer Marshall, PhD, MPH

10:30am
Racial/ethnic disparities in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in kindergarten: Evidence from a nationally-representative cohort   
Marianne Hillemeier, PhD, MPH, Paul Morgan, PhD, George Farkas, PhD and Steven Maczuga, MS
     
10:50am
Medicaid managed care impacts on quality of care and readmissions for high risk diabetic children   
Kathleen Healy-Collier, DHA, Walter Jones, PhD, Jim Schmerling, DHA, Kenneth Robertson, MD, MBA and Robert Ferry, MD
     
11:10am
Birth hospitals' role in access to early intervention services among drug-exposed infants   
Taletha Derrington, PhD and Milton Kotelchuck, MPH, PhD
     
  
11:30am
Measuring physical activity in youth with cerebral palsy   
Margaret O'Neil, PT, PhD, MPH, Maria Fragala-Pinkham, PT, DPT, MS, Jeffrey Forman, MD, Nancy Lennon, PT, MS, Ameeka George, BS and Stewart Trost, PhD
  

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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