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Receiving Advice About Child Mental Health From a Primary Care Provider: African American and Hispanic Parent Attitudes.
Brown, Jonathan D.; Wissow, Lawrence S.; Zachary, Ciara; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2007
receive mental health services. Primary care providers are often the source of mental health care for children and may play a … problem if recommended by the provider. African American parents were significantly less willing than Caucasians and Hispanics … therapist. These findings suggest that African American parents are generally as willing as Caucasian parents to have their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010838153
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Communications Strategies for Children's Coverage Advocacy During ACA Implementation
Anglin, Grace; Wagnerman, Karina; Foster, Leslie - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
This issue brief highlights the communications strategies that the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s state-based Finish Line grantees in Colorado, Ohio, and Wisconsin are using to keep children’s health coverage on their state’s policy agendas.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144685
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Effects of Traditional Swaddling on Development A Randomized Controlled Trial
Manaseki-Holland, Semira; Spier, Elizabeth; Bavuusuren, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This article presents findings from a randomized controlled trial of 1,279 healthy newborns in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on the effects of swaddling—the tight, prolonged binding of infants—on development.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102221
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Breastfeeding Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Adiposity at Five Years of Age.
Burdette, Hillary L.; Whitaker, Robert C.; Hall, Waynitra C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2006
measure of body fatness. In this study of 313 African American and Caucasian children, the authors find that a child's fatness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609407
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Current and Emerging Issues in Medicaid Risk-Based Managed Care: Insights from an Expert Roundtable.
Gold, Marsha; Paradise, Julia - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012
This brief summarizes issues discussed at a recent roundtable on Medicaid risk-based managed care, convened by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and moderated by senior fellow Marsha Gold. Topics covered included provider networks, care delivery, and payment arrangements;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609427
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Effects of Traditional Swaddling on Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Manaseki-Holland, Semira; Spier, Elizabeth; Bavuusuren, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
This article presents findings from a randomized controlled trial of 1,279 healthy newborns in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on the effects of swaddling—the tight, prolonged binding of infants—on development.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010924303
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Using External Quality Review Organizations to Improve the Quality of Preventive and Developmental Services for Children.
Ireys, Henry; Krissik, Tara; Verdier, Jim; Faux, Melissa - Mathematica Policy Research - 2005
strategies for using EQROs to enhance the quality of preventive and developmental services for young children. Although only a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010925003
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Enrollment and Disenrollment Experiences of Families Covered by CHIP
Trenholm, Christopher; Harrington, Mary; Dye, Claire - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
' Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment, retention, and disenrollment experiences. Findings were generally … positive across states; however, many children become uninsured after leaving CHIP, especially when Medicaid ineligible. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272161
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Program Churning and Transfers Between Medicaid and CHIP
Orzol, Sean M.; Hula, Lauren; Harrington, Mary - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
Some children cycled in and out of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, experiencing gaps in public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272164
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Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2007.
Wolkwitz, Kari; Leftin, Joshua - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
The Food Stamp Program (FSP) provides millions of Americans with the means to purchase food for a nutritious diet and is the largest of the 15 domestic food and nutrition assistance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service. This report presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755333