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Safe Routes Partnership. 2018. Engaging students with disabilities in safe routes to school. Fairfax, VA: Safe Routes Partnership, 7 pp.

Annotation: Communities around schools are encouraged to implement a "Safe Routes to School" program for students with disabilities. This guide explains the benefits to students with disabilities (which now includes 1 in 7 students), strategies for including those students, and ways to partner and build resources. It discusses inclusion, the components of "Safe Routes" programming, and considerations of the different kinds of disability. References and "Program Highlights" draw attention to programs that have worked.

Contact: Safe Routes Partnership , 12587 Fair Lakes Circle #251, Fairfax, VA 22033, Web Site: https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/

Keywords: Persons with disabilities, Physical activity, Physical disabilities

Murphey D, Cooper M, Moore KA. 2012. Children with disabilities: State-level data from the American Community Survey. Washington, DC: Child Trends, 3 pp. (Research brief)

Annotation: This research brief presents data for the United States as a whole and for all states on the number and percentage of children (from birth through age 17) with at least one disability. In addition to providing data in tabular form on the number and percentage of children with a disability, the percentage in poverty, the percentage with any health insurance, and the percentage with public health insurance, the brief presents an overview, discusses trends, and provides information about the data used.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

Keywords: , Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Health insurance, Poverty, States, Statistical data, Trends, Uninsured persons

Research Consortium on Chronic Conditions in Childhood. 2002. Chartbook on children with chronic conditions. Boston, MA: Research Consortium on Chronic Conditions in Childhood, 48 pp.

Annotation: This chartbook discusses the status of children and adolescents with chronic health conditions from birth to 17 years of age, using data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and its supplemental questionnaires on disability and on family resources. Part I compares children with chronic conditions to those without chronic conditions with respect to demographic characteristics, utilization of services, access to care, and functioning. Part II describes differences among children with chronic conditions by age, poverty status, race and ethnicity, and insurance status. Part III contains data tables with additional information on these topics. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Data, Demography, Families, Health care utilization, Health insurance, Infants with special health care needs, Research, Surveys, Uninsured persons

Edmunds M, Coye MJ , eds. 1998. America's children: Health insurance and access to care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 198 pp.

Annotation: This report analyzes the relationship between health insurance and access to care by addressing three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? The book explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of safety net health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school based health centers, and others, and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private sector, employer based health insurance.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu $47.95; also available at no charge from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-06560-7.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child health services, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Financing, Health insurance, Medicaid managed care, Uninsured persons, United States

General Accounting Office. 1997. Health insurance: Coverage leads to increased health care access for children. Washington, DC: General Accounting Office, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report explores the effect of health insurance coverage on children's access to health care. Prepared in response to a Congressional request, this report also discusses whether expanding publicly funded insurance improves children's access to health care and what barriers, in addition to lack of insurance, may deter children from obtaining health care. The findings of the report are the result of a literature review covering the past ten years, generally based on analyses of large national surveys. The report includes references.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-98-14.

Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Child morbidity, Children, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Health insurance, Health promotion, High risk children, Hospitalization, Low income groups, Medicaid, National surveys, Preventive health services, Primary care, Primary care, Uninsured persons