The following paper will go into detail about the New York Children’s Health Project. This is a New York based health care association dedicated to the health care of children who do not have the access over basic needs. This association was started in 1987 and has now gained units working in different locations all over the United States. The mobile health care it provides has been very successful in the country. Case Study: Launched in 1987 the New York Children’s Health Project or NYCHP was a vision project that Dr. Irwin Redlener brought to life and wanted it to cater to those children who were needy of healthcare services. While the Doctor was working in pediatrics in Denver Children’s Hospital, he there decided to take some initiative when he came to learn about VISTA or Volunteers in Services to America. From that point, Dr. Redlener began devoting his services to different locations. He then started his initiative of CHF (Children’s Health Fund) which focused on pediatric care for Children’s Health. CHF is a determined fund that brings with it a goal to help the unfortunate and homeless children. This foundation has done much work to build such a strong financial support system for all its programs. They have been able to gather four different sources to help generate funds for their programs: private individuals corporate, aid by Congress and government health insurance programs. These programs and groups that are organized by the foundation are nearly in all parts of the country. There are numerous MMCs (Mobile Medical Clinics) supporting CHF, which dedicate themselves for delivering services in areas such as medical, mental health, dental care. “Many of them are serving since the inception of the foundation, while some... ... middle of paper ... ...e medical goals of the organization. This works on the concept of medical home, where patients are treated in a homely manner. They also keep record necessary for patients, if they need to return. These technologies will enable the organization to address such challenges: Keeping electronic records to improve health care for children Proper training and detection process of safety threats in areas of higher risks Decreasing disparities in pediatric asthma care Creating online NICU networks and maintaining records Building HIT infrastructure for children having significant health care needs Works Cited Children’sHealth Fund. (2012). Retrieved September 10, 2012, from http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/child-health-care/national-programs-by-project/new-york Stein R.E. (2001). Challenges in Long Term Health Care for Children. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 1(5), pp. 280-288.
The quality of child care in the United States leaves room for improvement. According to (Deborah, L., Vandell, & Barbara, W.), suggest that when low-income families received child care, mothers are more likely to keep doctor’s appointments and decrease their stress level. The cost of child care is having a huge impact on the careers of working parents and people with disabilities. According to the case study of Katy Adams is one that conveys the message of different facets of stress and, how it impacts a person’s health and well been. Stress plays a vital role in a person’s overall health. One of the non-medical problems of Katy’s Adams case study is related to denial of child care services because she was hospitalized and was unable to
The Shriners Hospitals for Children is a nonprofit group and depend on the charity of supporters of Shriners and the overall community to complete the assignment and advance the lives of children daily. Its area of interest is to better the lives of kids living with orthopedic conditions, burns, congenital, spinal cord injuries, cleft lip, palate, and other special healthcare needs within a compassionate, family-centered setting, in spite of the patients’ ability to pay.
Unknown. “US Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for children’s & families. www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/ 2009
Camden is an example of this type of place-based approach. Camden is among the poorest city in the United States. It population face high rate of poverty and often lack access to care, with high utilizers of ER and hospital visits for preventable conditions that are treatable by a primary provider. As a result, individuals have difficulty accessing primary care along with a number of “behavioral, social, and medical issues” (Heiman & Artiga, 2015). The Camden Coalition used data to identify a small group of patients who had consumed a large quantity of medical resources and limited assets. Using these finding, the coalition designed and implemented a citywide health-information exchange, to coordinate care and locate patients in needs of intervention.
Berkowitz, Carol. American Academy of Pediatrics: Dedicated to the Health of all Children. American Academy of Pediatrics. 8 Dec. 2004
Every Child Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit human service agency founded in 1997 by Pittsburgh native Susie Davis. Every Child Inc. initial focus was on providing supports for families with medically fragile children. Since its founding, Every Child has grown to include a host of services intended to develop and strengthen the relationships among children, adults and families. Every Child Inc. has grown to a staff of 75 and an annual budget of approximately $4 million.
Having a wish fulfilled is a desire everyone keeps, but granting one is a special characteristic of a chosen few. Such is the ideology of the Make a wish foundation. This simple, but powerful belief is what drives the Make-A-Wish foundation. For children who must face the uncertainty of a tomorrow, due to their rapidly deteriorating health, a wish is more than just a desire. It’s a hope. Hope is what carries us out of the darkest of slums, to keep going. To face a tomorrow. Make-A-Wish is committed to granting the wish of every eligible child. They do this believing that wishes can make sick children feel better, and sometimes, when they feel better, they get better. Since the spring of 1980, they have been granting the wishes of children diagnosed with a life-threatening medical conditions. The make a wish foundation has the ability to not only unite a society as whole and further the awareness of life threatening illnesses, but also gives hope to individuals and a community as a whole.
for Children in Poverty, The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. 18 April 2001 <http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/ycpf.html>.
This is to ensure that the communities have access to quality healthcare services, to improve their living conditions. This health organization takes every possible means to ensure that patients receive the highest quality and safe care. This shows that this organization will make every effort to attend to people health care need in the next
If the family works together with a pediatrician and support their child with positive feedback and always holds their back, children are able to slim down, be happy again and bring their life in the right direction.
Arizona Department of Health Services. (2011). Office for children with special health care needs: School nursing. Retrieved from http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/ocshcn/school_ nursing_az.htm
The parents were given What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick, which written Gloria G. Mayer, RN, and Ann Kuklierus, RN (2004) as a low literacy medical reference guide to parents. This health book is an easy-to-read self-help book published by burses at the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA; Mayer & Kuklierus, 2004). This book is made for readers with low health literacy written at a third grade reading level available in English as well as Spanish. It offers parents easy to understand information on common childhood medical problems. The children were given Happy, Healthy Ajay!, which is written by Stuart J. Murphy. This book was designed for children to learn healthy habits about nutrition and staying active through a visual and educational way. Head Start parents and children were educated through both English and Spanish speaking students on how to properly manage health care needs to decrease in ER visits and doctor visits through the use of these books by adding interactive activities, questionnaires, and hands on
This is more holistic approach in the sense that it ‘involves the promotion of health, preventing of disease, the treatment of illness, the care for those who are disabled and continuous developm...
Receiving a phone call from the Children’s Aid Society (hereafter referred to as CAS) can be a daunting and intimating experience. CAS has a level of authority and power and can leave an inexperienced worker feeling unnerved and unsure what to do. There are a few things that I would do in the case of receiving a phone call from someone who is claiming they are from CAS. While it may be easy to think this person is from CAS, it is important to find out whom this person is and if they are from CAS. First, I would put the put the caller on hold and call CAS directly on another line, once I have found out who this person is, I can proceed.
The Starlight Children's Foundation Australia’s mission is "to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families". Starlight services are referred to as ‘In Hospital’ and ‘Out of Hospital’ programs. For the purpose of this report the 'In hospital' program of the Starlight Express Rooms has been selected.