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Understanding Home Visitor Attendance At Well Child Checks: A Mixed Methods Study, Rachel Segal, Sommer Rose, Marcia Dutcher, Tyler Myroniuk, Mary Moffatt, James Anderst

Research Days

Background: Early childhood home visiting programs have variable outcomes on child health across models and studies. Given this variability, novel approaches are needed to foster consistent positive outcomes. One approach is attendance of a home visitor (HV) at medical provider well child checks (WCCs) to provide a stronger link between home visiting and the medical home. This process may be assessed in an exploratory study evaluating the qualitative perceptions and initial quantitative effects of the intervention.

Objectives/Goal: Qualitatively explore perspectives of HVs attending WCCs and quantitatively evaluate effects of the practice on (1) family compliance with American Academy of Pediatrics …

Study Protocol Of "Our Choice": A Randomized Controlled Trial Of The Integration Of Safer Conception Counseling To Transform Hiv Family Planning Services In Uganda., Kathy Goggin, Emily A. Hurley, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Violet Gwokyalya, Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Josephine Birungi, Deborah Mindry, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Glenn J Wagner

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: About 40% of HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa become pregnant post-diagnosis. Despite about half of their pregnancies being planned, safer conception methods (SCM) are underutilized among serodiscordant couples, partially due to the fact that safer conception counseling (SCC) has not been integrated into routine HIV family planning (FP) services.

METHODS: Our Choice is a comprehensive FP intervention that promotes unbiased childbearing consultations to ensure clients receive SCC or contraception services to achieve their desired reproductive goals. The intervention is theoretically grounded and has demonstrated preliminarily feasibility and acceptance through pilot testing. This three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial compares two …

Utilization Of Prevention Of Mother-To-Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services Among Pregnant Women In Hiv Care In Uganda: A 24-Month Cohort Of Women From Pre-Conception To Post-Delivery., Rhoda K Wanyenze, Kathy Goggin, Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Deborah Mindry, Josephine Birungi, Mahlet Woldetsadik, Glenn J Wagner

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in a cohort of HIV infected women in care at The AIDS Support Organization Jinja and Kampala in Uganda, who were trying to conceive, over a period of 24 months, to inform the strengthening of PMTCT service access for women in care.

RESULTS: Of the 299 women 127 (42.5%) reported at least one pregnancy within 24 months; 61 women (48.0%) delivered a live child. Of the 55 who had a live birth at the first pregnancy, 54 (98.2%) used antenatal care (ANC) starting at 15.5 weeks of gestation …

Incredible Years (Iy) Parents & Babies Well-Baby Program: Expanding The Reach Through Cultural Adaptation, Ayanda Chakawa, Briana Woods-Jaeger

Posters

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The State Of Children's Health: 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment For The Kansas City Region, Margo Quiriconi

Community Benefits

The State of Children’s Health: 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment for the Kansas City Region (2016 CHNA) is the second assessment since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) required hospitals to conduct a triennial community health needs assessments. In addition to fulfilling the ACA requirements and subsequent IRS Section H/Form 990 mandate, the 2016 CHNA process is undertaken:
• to examine the current health status of children and identify unmet health needs in the Children’s Mercy leading service area
• to identify the current health priorities—as well as new and emerging health concerns—among children and families …