Special Needs Populations

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Journal Article

Inpatient Fall Prevention Programs as a Patient Safety Strategy: A Systematic Review — Mar 1, 2013

The purpose of this updated review is to reassess the benefits and harms of fall prevention programs in acute care settings and to identify factors associated with successful implementation of these programs.

Journal Article

Redesign of an Electronic Clinical Reminder to Prevent Falls in Older Adults — Mar 1, 2013

The authors redesigned an electronic clinical reminder to improve identification and management of Veterans at high risk for falls, and piloted the reminder in 3 Veterans Health Administration community-based outpatient clinics.

Journal Article

Access to Leave Benefits for Primary Caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Double Bind — Jan 1, 2013

We examined whether access to benefits varies by level of childcare responsibilities among employed parents of children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

Journal Article

Support for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) — Dec 1, 2012

This policy brief provides an overview of existing evidence on effective diagnosis and early intervention for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Europe.

Journal Article

Fixing a Broken System: The Story of Autism, One State at a Time — Aug 1, 2012

This commentary presents an overview of the issues associated with how health plans and public Medicaid systems should share in the costs of assessing and treating children with autism.

Journal Article

Legacy for Children: A Pair of Randomized Controlled Trials of a Public Health Model to Improve Developmental Outcomes Among Children in Poverty — Aug 1, 2012

The Legacy for Children(TM) model was developed in response to this need and marries the perspectives of epidemiology and public health to developmental psychology theory in order to better address the needs of children at environmental risk for poor developmental outcomes.

Blog

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Vulnerable Populations — Jun 26, 2012

June is National PTSD Awareness Month and June 27th is PTSD Awareness Day, providing an opportunity to recognize the challenges faced by survivors of trauma who live with PTSD symptoms. RAND research is helping increase awareness about the disorder and inform policy about how to prevent and address it.

Report

How Americans Will Live and Work in 2020: A Workshop Exploring Key Trends and Philanthropic Responses — Jan 16, 2012

These proceedings summarize the discussion at a July 2011 workshop convened to examine how trends in four areas -- the economy, demographics, the workplace, and lifestyles -- will affect the poor and vulnerable in America in the coming decade.

Journal Article

The Unusually Poor Physical Health Status of Cambodian Refugees Two Decades After Resettlement — Sep 29, 2010

In interviews conducted for this study, Cambodian refugees reported exceedingly poor health when compared to the general population of Asian immigrants.

Journal Article

Using a Community Partnered Participatory Research Approach to Implement a Randomized Controlled Trial: Planning Community Partners in Care — Aug 1, 2010

Community-based participatory research promotes community engagement in improving depression care.

Report

Navigating the Road to Recovery: Assessment of the Coordination, Communication, and Financing of the Disaster Case Management Pilot in Louisiana — Jun 11, 2010

Researchers assessing a disaster case management pilot recommend that future efforts establish better ways to find affected residents, consider needs/vulnerabilities in planning, and ensure continuity of services before, during, and after disaster.

Journal Article

Paying for Performance in Primary Care: Potential Impact on Practices and Disparities — May 1, 2010

Performance-based payments are increasingly common in primary care. With persistent disparities in the quality of care that different populations receive, however, such payments may steer new resources away from the care of racial and ethnic minorities and people of low socioeconomic status. We simulated performance-based payments to Massachusetts practices serving higher and lower shares of patients from these vulnerable communities in Massachusetts. Typical practices serving higher shares of vulnerable populations would receive less per practice compared to others, by estimated amounts of more than $7,000.

Journal Article

Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders--Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study of a Practice Redesign Intervention to Improve the Quality of Dementia Care — Feb 1, 2010

This pilot study suggests that a practice-based intervention can increase referral to Alzheimer's Association chapters and improve quality of dementia care.

Journal Article

Medical Home Capabilities of Primary Care Practices That Serve Sociodemographically Vulnerable Neighborhoods — Jan 1, 2010

Primary care practices in sociodemographically vulnerable neighborhoods were more likely than other practices to have medical home capabilities (e.g., interpreters, multilingual physicians), making them potentially eligible for enhanced payments

Journal Article

Rapid Community Participatory Assessment of Health Care in Post-Storm New Orleans — Dec 1, 2009

Community members emphasized healthcare access challenges; unmet needs of specific vulnerable populations; and opportunities, resources, and community adaptations to improve healthcare access.

Journal Article

Recent Trends in State Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility and Coverage for CSHCN — Dec 1, 2009

This study found that a dramatic increase between 2001 and 2005 in the number of uninsured children with special health care needs who were eligible for SCHIP.

Tool

Enhancing Public Health Emergency Preparedness for Special Needs Populations: A Toolkit for State and Local Planning and Response — Sep 8, 2009

Presents a toolkit and a Web-based Geographic Information Systems tool meant to help state and local public health agencies improve their emergency preparedness activities for special needs populations.

Report

Preserving Health among Vulnerable Populations: Three Essays — Jun 23, 2009

This dissertation consists of three stand-alone essays that focus on the economics of preserving health among vulnerable population, specifically chronic ill and elderly population.

Project

Special Needs Populations Mapping for Public Health Preparedness — Jun 15, 2009

The Special Needs Populations Mapping tool can help public health agencies develop appropriate strategies for incorporating special needs populations into public health preparedness and response planning.

Journal Article

Terrorism-Related Fear and Avoidance Behavior in a Multiethnic Urban Population — Jan 1, 2009

Describes results of a survey that investigates whether groups traditionally most vulnerable to disasters would be more likely than others to perceive population-level risk as high, worry more about terrorism, and avoid activities because of terrorism concerns.

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