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December 20, 2001 | Program Result
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.
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
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.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
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.
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.
June 6, 2005 | Journal Article
Children with special health care needs are dependent on uninterrupted medical care for their health and well-being. Almost 13 percent of children in the U.S. are classified as such and they account for a disproportionate share of health care expend ...
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.
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.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program sends paraprofessionals into the homes of children at risk of abuse to teach families about child development, parenting and problem-solving strategies and offer emotional support to new parents during the first three years of their child's life.
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted two pilot studies on the use of cell phones to gather detailed information about predictors of early child neglect among adolescent and adult mothers.
December 1, 2004 | Program Result
In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.