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California Doesn't Broadcast Supportive Services for Disabled Kids; Parents Find Out by Word of Mouth

December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

UCLA examined the experience of children served by a California program that provides non-medical, personal assistance services to disabled persons.

California Group Offers Resources for Special Needs Children in Managed Care

December 20, 2001 | Program Result Report

The Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) of the University of California, San Francisco, disseminated a May 1997 institute report entitled Troubling Signs: Severely Ill Children in Employment-Based Managed Care Plans in California.

Two National Groups Support Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, Chronic Health Conditions

January 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.

A National Resource Center is Not the Answer to Better Health Care for Special Needs Kids

December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

The HSC Foundation conducted a study to determine the feasibility of a proposed national resource center that would assist children with disabilities and their families in overcoming obstacles to receiving health care and other needed services.

Depression of Whole-Brain Oxygen Extraction Fraction is Associated with Poor Outcome in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

February 1, 2012 | Journal Article

This study measures the oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) to gauge metabolic abnormalities by using a magnetic resonance (MR) technique. This study supports previous studies' findings: OEF is decreased in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, and correlates with the severity of the injury.

Philadelphia Eagles Honored For Community Services

March 1, 2005 | News Release

First recipient of Steve Patterson Sports Philanthropy Award.

Discussion of Illness During Well-Child Care Visits With Parents of Children with and without Special Health Care Needs

December 1, 2007 | Journal Article

Researchers surveyed parents of patients before and after well-child care visits to determine what parents of children with special health care needs expect, prioritize and receive compared to visits of parents of children without special needs.

The Injury Free Coalition for Kids

January 1, 2004 | Book

In 1998, the Foundation's Injury Free Coalition for Kids initiative began to be replicated in other sites around the country. The author describes the expansion of the program and takes a closer look at San Diego, Miami and Chicago.

Increasing Paramedics' Skills Can Reduce Emergency Room Visits of Children with Special Needs

June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The University of Arizona College of Medicine developed and tested a model program to train paramedics to treat children with special health care needs at the scene instead of transporting them to an emergency facility.

Documentary to Look at Children with Developmental Disorders

July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Two documentary filmmakers spent five months on the research and development of a documentary television series on the need for improved care and support for children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

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