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Annotation: This final report provides information about the Integrated Behavioral Pediatric Health Project based in Honolulu, HI, during the period April 1, 2004, through February 28, 2009. The program focuses on overcoming obstacles to help women and children at high risk within primary care by reinforcing holistic health promotion through integrated, comprehensive, community-based services. The goal is to embed a holistic, culturally sensitive, and population-based model of behavioral health care into the daily practice of primary and pediatric health care. The report presents the goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results and outcomes, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, and future plans and follow-up, [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Child health, Community based services, Cultural sensitivity, Hawaii, Health promotion, High risk children, High risk women, Pediatrics, Primary care, Women's health

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Keywords: Epidemiology, Federal programs, Guidelines, Hawaii, Interventions, Iowa, Louisiana, MCH programs, Massachusetts, Migrant health, Missouri, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, State health agencies, State programs

Annotation: This blueprint, which complements the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) health agenda, is based on information and recommendations gleaned from APIAHF conferences, workshops, and meetings with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) community groups and leaders held over the past two decades. (The APIAHF health agenda is an outcome of an APIAHF conference held in Washington, DC, to address growing disparities in education, employment, poverty, and health in AA and NHPI communities.) Blueprint topics include guaranteed affordable health care; guaranteed access to high-quality care; health equity; healthy communities; and leadership, civic engagement, and political will.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Asian Americans, Communities, Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Poverty

Annotation: This impact report describes a healthy Start project in Hawaii to reduce infant mortality and morbidity utilizing culturally appropriate interventions within the primary target populations of Native Hawaiians, Filipinas, and other Pacific islanders from 2001-2005. Contents include an overview of racial and ethnic disparity focused on by the project, elements of project implementation, management and governance, accomplishments, and impact. Additional information is provided on the local evaluation, the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review, and data from the project. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community based services, Final reports, Hawaii, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, MCH research, Prevention programs

Annotation: This final report describes the Expanded Newborn Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Financial, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Project during the period June 1, 2001, through August 31, 2005. This multi-state, collaborative project was designed to research, identify strategies, and develop materials for addressing the financial, ethical, legal,and social issues surrounding the use of tandem mass spectrometry for neonatal metabolic screening of culturally and ethnically diverse populations. Participating states included Hawaii, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The final report is divided into the following sections: (1) overview, (2) collaboration, (3) experiences to date, (4) dissemination of materials, (5) copies of publications and other materials, and (6) next steps. The report also includes seven appendices: (1) educational activities (development), (2) educational activities (products), (3) financial, ethical, legal, and social issues, (4) parent fact sheets, (5) professional fact sheets, (6) information dissemination, and (7) Web site. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: California, Cultural diversity, Ethics, Ethnic factors, Final reports, Financing, Hawaii, Idaho, Legal issues, Neonatal screening, Oregon, Social factors, Washington

Annotation: This video series provides brief family stories to stimulate discussion to support learning and implementation of medical home strategies that work. Contents include three family stories with video guides. Topics include transition from hospital to home to school, parent as care coordinator, access to services in rural community, and the process of early identification for behavioral and genetic issues. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Hawaii, Medical home, Models, State initiatives

Annotation: This Memorandum of Agreement is between (1) the Department of Human Services (DHS), Med-QUEST Division (MQD) and (2) the Department of Health (DOH), Family Health Services Division (FHSD). It documents the state of Hawaii's response to legislation in Title V and Title XIX of the Social Security Act requiring state Title V programs and Medicaid agencies to develop an interagency agreement to work together. The objective of this agreement is to provide Early Intervention Services to QUEST-eligible infants and toddlers.

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Keywords: Cooperative agreements, Hawaii, Interagency cooperation, Medicaid, State MCH programs, State agencies

Annotation: This report describes the tasks and results of the oral health forum held on December 6, 2002, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The forum was the result of a collaboration between the Hawaii Head Start Collaboration Project, the Hawaii Department of Health's Dental Health Division, and the Hawaii Women, Infants and Children Services Branch (WIC). The report describes the forum planning process, the planning group members, and the timeline; the methods used to develop an action plan; the follow-up plan; and the budget. Participant profiles and the forum agenda are also provided. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Early Head Start, Hawaii, Head Start, Meetings, Oral health, State initiatives, Young children

Annotation: This document provides charts for developing Hawaii's Head Start oral health strategic plan. Plan elements include increasing access to health professionals through system, workforce, and program changes; increasing access to resources and information for children and families enrolled in Head Start; providing oral health education to Head Start program staff and community members; and implementing dental-cariesprevention initiatives. The charts list objectives, strategies, and action steps. For each action step, space is provided to indicate the accountable party or parties, the schedule, resources, and the feedback system. The addendum includes a list of additional resources and an outline of potential implementation barriers.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Children, EPSDT, Guidelines, Hawaii, Head Start, Oral health, Planning, State initiatives, Strategic plans

Annotation: This report describes national estimates of oral health care service utilization and oral health care needs that remain unmet owing to cost for six Asian ethnic subgroups and the native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander population using data collected from the National Health Interview Survey during 1997–2000. Report sections include a description of the survey methods, survey findings, a discussion of the findings, and references. Four tables present data on selected characteristics such as ethnic subgroups, age group, sex, poverty status, place of residence, geographic region, nativity, health status, and health coverage.

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Keywords: Asians, Barriers, Children, Costs, Hawaiians, Health care utilization, National surveys, Needs assessment, Oral health, Oral health care, Pacific Islanders, Parents, Statistical data

Annotation: This fact sheet provides general information on diabetes and discusses different types of diabetes. It offers strategies for treating and preventing or delaying the disease. The fact sheet also includes national estimates on the prevalence of diabetes among various population groups, the incidence of diabetes, complications from diabetes, and deaths among individuals with diabetes.Data are presented in figures within the fact sheet. The Web site had an additional document, Data Sources, References, and Methods, which gives citations to literature related to various aspects of diabetes.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Asian Americans, Blacks, Child health, Data, Diabetes mellitus, Gestational diabetes, Hawaiians, Hispanic Americans, Mortality, Older adults, Pacific Islanders, Physical activity, Prevention

Annotation: This brief reports on health plan acitivities to collaboratively develop and pilot practices to improve preventive care services for children under the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices (BCAP) initiative. Three pilot projects are described: AlohaCare in Hawaii for prenatal care, the Wellness Plan in Michigan for toddler immunizations, and the neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island and Thundermist Health Associates for adolescent health. Additional topics include the identification of eligible populations; enrollment into Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP); and information on the BCAP initiative.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Hawaii, Immunization programs, Medicaid, Michigan, Model programs, Pediatric care, Prenatal care, Preventive health services, Program descriptions, Rhode Island

Annotation: This monograph focuses on efforts by the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Medical Association in building culturally effective supports for families and children with special health care needs. Topics include (1) introducing family/professional partnerships in the medical home, (2) outlining challenges and opportunities in supporting children with special health care needs and their families, (3) examining cultural effectiveness within community partnerships and networks, (4) providing practical tools to self-assess cultural effectiveness with pediatric practice, and (5) suggesting strategies for the future of pediatric education and training. References conclude the monograph. A 20-page booklet inserted in a pocket in the back of the document provides assessment tools for determining culturally effective practices. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Case studies, Children with special health care needs, Community programs, Cultural sensitivity, Culturally competent services, Family centered services, Hawaii, Medical home

Annotation: This report describes a Healthy Start program implemented in Hawaii. Report sections describe service initiation, service accomplishments, mentoring, consortium and collaboration, consortium program impact, and other Healthy Start components such as management and governance, sustainability, local government, lessons learned, local evaluation, fetal and infant mortality review, and project data. Attachments include an implementation plan, a qualitative analysis of the planning process in year 1999-2000, a participant data table, and quality of care information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community based services, Final reports, Hawaii, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Low birthweight, MCH research, Prevention programs

Annotation: This project addressed how: (1) Closely a program implementation mirrors program design; (2) successful the program is in achieving intended benefits for children and families; (3) fidelity of implementation influences program achievement of intended benefits; and (4) achieved benefits compare to direct and indirect program costs. The ethnic composition of the sample included Native Hawaiian, Filipino, Samoan, Chinese, and Japanese. More than half were adolescents at the time they gave birth to their first child. Forty-five percent of the families experienced some form of domestic violence. In 55 percent of the families, either the mother or father abused alcohol or other drugs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Asians-All others, Asians-Filipinos, Asians-Japanese, Child Abuse Prevention, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Final reports, Hawaiian Natives, Home Visiting Programs, Infants, MCH Research, Newborn infants, Outreach, Parents, Preschool children, Research, Toddlers

Annotation: This document presents the preliminary findings of an evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program. The findings were presented at a Research Roundtable sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. An overview of the study and and audio presentation of the complete program are available from the Web site. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Hawaii, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, MCH research, Prevention programs, Program evaluation

Annotation: This report covers a summit meeting, held on May 22, 2000, of a group of leaders involved in initiatives to reform and restructure education support programs. These initiatives are meeting the challenge of addressing persistent barriers to student learning and are doing so in ways designed to enhance healthy development. Participating were Memphis City Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, Hawai'i Department of Education, Washington State Office of Public Instruction, California Department of Education, and New American School's Urban Learning Center. References are included. Accompanying materials may be downloaded from the Center for Mental Health in Schools' Web site or hard copy obtained on request. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: California, Children, Education, Educational change, Hawaii, Initiatives, Michigan, Washington

Annotation: This report describes the Opening Doors project. It was funded from 1993 through 1997 by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to define, synthesize, and disseminate recommended strategies for integrating services for children and families eligible under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Research was conducted in Utah, Washington, Maine, Hawaii, Missouri, and Florida. The report begins by defining service integration and proceeds to explain how it works at the family level, the community level, the state level, and the federal level. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Community based services, Families, Family support services, Federal agencies, Florida, Hawaii, Health services delivery, Interagency cooperation, Intervention, Maine, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Missouri, National surveys, State agencies, Statistics, Transition planning, Utah, Washington

Annotation: This report summarizes initiatives of 12 states in expanding health coverage for children by utilizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under Title XXI of the Social Security Act. Reports are from Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington. Implications of SCHIP are discussed including why states should participate and an overview of SCHIP. Tables include distribution of children and funding by state and state health insurance initiatives for children prior to SCHIP.

Keywords: Children, Florida, Hawaii, Health insurance, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Social Security Act, Tennessee, Title XXI, Vermont, Washington

Annotation: This final report of the Health and Education Collaboration Project of the Hawaii Medical Association focuses on community-based university education as an effective strategy for training new practitioners. The report discusses what family-centered interprofessional collaboration is and what its principles are. The background, implementation, developmental stages, sustainability, and implications for future efforts of the project are discussed. Learning examples of family-centered interprofessional collaboration are also provided. Appendices include updates on MCHB demonstration projects and an overview of course competencies for practicum students at the University of Hawaii. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children, Community based services, Curricula, Families, Family centered services, Hawaii, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Personnel, Professional education, Service delivery, Training