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11:00
a.m.
Breakouts
1.
Using Health Services Research to Improve School Health Services (policy
roundtable)
- Chair:
Shirley Girouard, Southern Connecticut State University
- Gorette
Amaral, University of California, San Francisco
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
- Ann
Marie McCarthy, University of Iowa College of Nursing
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
- Joseph
Thompson, University of Arkansas
This session
will explore how health services research has been used to improve the
organization, delivery, and financing of school health services. Panelists
will provide examples of the interface between health services research
and school health care systems and policies, including how research
has and can be used to influence systems and policymakers to increase
access and improve health outcomes for school aged children.
2.
Qualitative Methods for Child Health Services Research
(Skill Building)
- Chair:
Mark Schuster, RAND
- Gery
Ryan, RAND
- Elisa
Sobo, Children’s Hospital, San Diego
This informative,
participatory skill-building session will review the ways in which qualitative
research can inform and enhance child health services research. Panelists
will also describe the types of qualitative methods available with the
goal of helping participants decide which ones to use and why.
3.
Preventive Services for Adolescents: Evidence for Interventions Within
the Health Care System
(Research from Call for Panels  )
- Chair:
Elizabeth Ozer, University of California, San Francisco
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
- Lise
Youngblade, University of Florida
- Discussant:
Christina Bethell, Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
This session
will address how the health care system can be used to prevent adolescent
morbidity and mortality. Specifically, panelists will discuss research
findings that can identify education, prevention, and intervention programs
with links to social services and community supports.
4.
Improving Pediatric Patient Safety: Identifying Factors from Multiple
Perspectives
(Research from Call for Panels )
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Chair: Donna Woods, Northwestern University
- Cynthia
Galvan, University of Chicago
- Jane
Holl, Northwestern University
-
Julie Mohr, University of Chicago
Panelists
will discuss the nature of pediatric medical errors, including how errors
differ in pediatrics versus adult medicine. Their research findings
will address some of the preliminary factors in the design of pediatric
patient safety improvement strategies.
12:30
p.m.
Poster
Session
(lunch served)
The poster
session will feature informal presentations by child health services
researchers. In addition, representatives from the funders of child
health services research will be available to answer questions from
prospective applicants, and representatives from AHRQ will explain tools
and data sources.
2:00
p.m.
Breakouts
1.
Current Treatment Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral
Disorders
(Policy Roundtable)
- Chair:
Mary Evans, University of South Florida
- Joan
Asarnow, University of California, Los Angeles
- John
Landsverk, San Diego State University
This panel
will focus on state-of-the-art treatment of children with emotional
and behavioral disorders in various service settings, and the panel
will address the challenges of conducting research in these settings.
2.
Accelerate Learning, Improvement, and Discovery: The Role of Interdisciplinary
Collaboratives
(Skill Building)
- Chair:
Paul Kurtin, Children’s Hospital, San Diego
- Uma
Kotagal, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Pradeep
Gidwani, Children’s Hospital, San Diego
- Richard
Kadota, Children’s Hospital, San Diego
- Eric
Slora, American Academy of Pediatrics
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
This skill
building session will address whether multisite, interdisciplinary collaboratives
accelerate: 1) learning; 2) the identification, spread, and adoption
of best practices; and 3) research and the discovery of new knowledge.
Leaders of three very different collaboratives will discuss if and how
collaboratives provide value to their members and to the field.
3.
Informing and Activating Parents: From Rhetoric to Reality
(Research from Call for Panels )
- Chair:
Lisa Simpson, University of South Florida
- Michele
Solloway, University of New Hampshire
- Christina
Bethell, Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
- Shirley
Girouard, Southern Connecticut State University
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
This panel
focuses on strategies to engage parents as agents of change for their
children to promote positive youth development, personal and community
protective factors, and strong health outcomes.
4.
Population-based Research with Health Plans
(Research from Call for Panels )
- Chair:
Tracy Lieu, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School
- Jonathan
Finkelstein, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School
- Jeanne
Madden, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School
- Elsie
Taveras, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School
Panelists
will describe the process of conducting child health services research
in health plan settings, focusing on four projects conducted by the
Center for Child Health Care Studies, which is jointly supported by
a health plan and medical school.
4:00
p.m.
Breakouts
1.
Access and Quality of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
(Policy Roundtable)
- Chair:
Alice Kuo, University of California, Los Angeles
- Christina
Bethell, Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
- Moira
Inkelas, University of California, Los Angeles
- Debra
Lotstein, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kathryn
Smith, California Medical Home Project
Panelists
will describe how the National Survey of Children with Special Health
Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) can be used to analyze individual, state, and
contextual factors associated with access and quality of care for CSHCN.
An interactive discussion will address key policy points for addressing
access and quality of care for CSHCN, including operationalizing the
medical home construct, and launching statewide strategic efforts to
improve both policy and practice.
2.
Ethics and Regulations in Child Health Services Research
(Skill Building)
This session
will address the unique challenges to conducting health services research
with children.
3.
Access to Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs Enrolled
in SCHIP: Insurance Coverage, Financing, and
a Medical Home
(Research from Call for Panels )
- Chair:
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida
- Amy
Davidoff, The Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides |
PDF Handout
- Sema
Aydede, University of Florida
- Anne
Markus, The George Washington University Medical Center
Panelists
will present four studies addressing access to care for children with
special health care needs enrolled in SCHIP.
4.
Childhood Cohort Studies
(Invited Research)
- Chair:
Cynthia Minkovitz, Johns Hopkins University
- Mark
Schuster, RAND
- Lisa
Simpson, University of South Florida
Panelists
will focus on strategic issues related to sampling, content of data
sets, tracking and cohort maintenance for three emerging cohort studies:
Healthy Steps, Healthy Passages, and the National Children’s Study.
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