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Robert Mendola – Journal of American College Health, 2024
The demand for mental health treatment on university campuses continues to increase. This report will outline sources of increased demand and how traditional campus-based models have managed it. It will then describe the University of Southern California's work mobilizing resources to develop a unique model for insurance based long-term care…
Descriptors: Mental Health, School Health Services, Health Insurance, Resources
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Lamptey, De-Lawrence – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This study explored the experiences of families in navigating the Ghanaian health system to address the general health needs of their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The sample involved 22 primary caregivers of children with IDD aged 3-18 years who participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care, Children, Intellectual Disability
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Baquero, Barbara; Gonzalez, Carmen; Ramirez, Magaly; Chavez Santos, Erica; Ornelas, India J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed, and intensified, health inequities faced by Latinx in the United States. Washington was one of the first U.S. states to report cases of COVID-19. Public health surveillance shows that 31% of Washington cases are Latinx, despite being only 13% of the state population. Unjust policies related to immigration, labor,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Hispanic Americans, At Risk Persons
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Wilson-Simmons, RenĂ©e; Dworsky, Amy; Tongue, Denzel; Hulbutta, Marikate – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2016
The Affordable Care Act includes language that requires states to provide Medicaid coverage to youth who were in foster care in their state before aging out of the child welfare system. However, most states have interpreted the law differently for youth who move to their state after aging out, determining that automatic Medicaid coverage is an…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Social Services, Access to Health Care, Foster Care
Eden, Jill, Ed.; Berwick, Donald, Ed.; Wilensky, Gail, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2014
Today's physician education system produces trained doctors with strong scientific underpinnings in biological and physical sciences as well as supervised practical experience in delivering care. Significant financial public support underlies the graduate-level training of the nation's physicians. Two federal programs--Medicare and…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Graduate Study, Health Needs, Health Insurance
Pudelski, Sasha – AASA, The School Superintendent's Association, 2017
Meeting the health and wellness needs of students in school is a necessary and effective approach to reducing educational barriers for children and ensuring America's economic dominance in the 21st century. Since 1988, Medicaid has permitted payment to schools for certain medically necessary services provided to children under the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Public Policy, Wellness, Student Needs
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Lai, Bien; Milano, Michael; Roberts, Michael W.; Hooper, Stephen R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Mail-in pilot-tested questionnaires were sent to a stratified random sample of 1,500 families from the North Carolina Autism Registry. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the significance of unmet dental needs and other predictors. Of 568 surveys returned (Response Rate = 38%), 555 were complete and usable. Sixty-five…
Descriptors: Autism, Dental Health, Child Health, Predictor Variables
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Balogh, R.; Brownell, M.; Ouellette-Kuntz, H.; Colantonio, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: There is evidence that persons with an intellectual disability (ID) face barriers to primary care; however, this has not been extensively studied at the population level. Rates of hospitalisation for ambulatory care sensitive conditions are used as an indicator of access to, and quality of, primary care. The objective of the study was…
Descriptors: Health Services, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Diseases
Adamson, David M. – RAND Corporation, 2009
In Washington, D.C., the vast majority of children have health insurance. Yet District children often lack sufficient access to medical care and face significant health threats from chronic conditions and risk factors such as exposure to violence in schools and neighborhoods. These findings emerged from an assessment of children's health in…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Delivery Systems, Neighborhoods, Violence
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Behrman, Gary; Mancini, Michael; Briar-Lawson, Katharine; Rizzo, Victoria M.; Baskind, Frank; Valentine, Carl – Journal of Social Work Education, 2006
Changing U.S. demographics and family composition are challenging social work education programs to reposition and reconsider how to prepare students for practice in the field of geriatrics. Implications for future social service and health care needs include ongoing training and education of students with competencies in serving geriatric…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Geriatrics, Social Work, Work Study Programs