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Improving Lead Screening In A Pediatric Practice: A Quality Improvement Project, Audrey Myers
Improving Lead Screening In A Pediatric Practice: A Quality Improvement Project, Audrey Myers
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Final Clinical Projects, 2016-2019
Abstract
Background: Detectable lead levels in children’s blood have been associated with increased cognitive difficulties, attention deficits, and poorer academic performance. Children enrolled in Medicaid have higher rates of elevated blood lead levels, yet requirements to test all children at age 1 and 2 who are enrolled in Medicaid are not being met. Nationally, 34% of children enrolled in Medicaid do not undergo proper blood lead level screening. The aim of this project was to increase required blood lead level screening rates for children with Medicaid insurance at a private pediatric practice in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Methods: The …