Health Equity
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Improving Health Equity Through Early Childhood Primary Health Care and Medicaid
It is in the first 1000 days of life that health practitioners actually can have the greatest impact upon a person’s healthy growth and development. The P.A.R.E.N.T.S. Science (Protective factors, Adverse childhood experiences, Resiliency, Epigenetics, Neurobiology, Toxic stress, and Social determinants of health) points to the critical importance of setting a positive health trajectory during…
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist in Mental Health Care for Children
A recent study in the International Journal of Health Services found that there are racial and ethnic disparities in accessing mental health care for children and young adults. The authors used nationally representative data from the 2006-2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys to examine children and young adults receipt of mental health care. While African American…
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ICHIA Option: Which States Cover Legal Immigrant Children in Medicaid/CHIP?
[Note: This fact sheet was updated in 2018.] The 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) gave states a new option to begin using federal matching dollars to cover lawfully residing children during their first five years in the U.S. This fact sheet provides an overview of this option and details the states that…
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Health Disparities Persist Among Children: Opportunities for the ACA
By Tara Mancini While Minority Health Month draws to a close this week, the just released “National Healthcare Disparities Report,” from the Agency for Health Care Quality illustrates the urgency for dedicating more attention to the issue. Mandated by Congress, the 2011 report is the ninth to be issued. Overall, the report finds that access…
