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Washington State CSHCN Data Report and County Profiles
The 2005 report provides the best information from many different data sources about children and youth with special health care needs. It contains both state- and county-specific data and is being used to inform stakeholders about the needs of the population, contribute to community- and state-level assessment, and guide program planning and grant development. The Washington State Report is available on the Department of Health website at:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/cshcn_WAdata.htm
MCH Knowledge Path: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
The MCH Library released a new knowledge path edition about racial and ethnic disparities in health. This electronic resource guide includes information on (and links to) web sites, electronic and print publications, web casts, and databases. The guide is intended for use by health professionals, policymakers, program administrators, researchers, and families and is available at:
http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_race.html
Transition Training from Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
A 5-minute video overview and introduction has been added to the Health Care Transitions Training Site that speaks directly to youth and young adults. This video features Stephanie Kovacs, a 20-year-old graduate student with special health needs who has recently completed her own transition from pediatrics to adult health care. Ms. Kovacs' engaging introduction encourages youth and young adults to learn how to speak-up for themselves, take a more active role in their own health care, and be better prepared for their own transition to adult health care.
http://hctransitions.ichp.ufl.edu/ddcouncil/training_home.php
Training Curriculum for Medical Professionals on Improving the Quality of Care
The World Institute on Disabilities has recently developed a training curriculum for medical professionals on improving the quality of care for people with disabilities entitled: Treating Adults with Physical Disabilities: Access and Communication. This curriculum is available at no cost on the web. The curriculum may be of value to those who are working to improve care provided through adult (as well as pediatric) systems of care.
Download the curriculum guide in PDF format:
http://www.wid.org/news/Final%20Curriculum%20Guide%204.pdf
New Interactive Tools Provide Medicaid Data
The Kaiser Network website has links to new interactive tools on Medicaid. The brief report includes a link to state Medicaid fact sheets that allow users to view data on each state's Medicaid program, as well as compare programs or compare a program to national statistics. There is also a link to the Medicaid Benefits Online Database. The database contains survey data from 2003 and 2004 on benefits, co-payments, coverage limits, and reimbursement policies for each state.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=33623
Contributions Are Appreciated
Champions would like to thank Stacey De Fries, the Assessment Coordinator at the Washington State Department of Health for sending information about the Washington State CSHCN Data Report and County Profiles. If you have news items or information you think the readers of the Champions newsletter would be interested in, please feel free to send them to Jon Nelson at jon.nelson@usu.edu. Of course, we would like to once again thank John Reiss for his work collecting news items for the newsletter.
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The Champions for Progress Newsletter if funded as part of the Leadership Development for Implementation of Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Cooperative Agreement (#U42MC00241), funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS) to the Early Intervention Research Institute at Utah State University.
The Champions for Progress Center would like to thank John Reiss of the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida for his work collecting newsitems for this Newsletter.