Publications by authors named "F X Mulvihill"
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- After enrollment in SCHIP, adolescents reported significant improvements in communication with their health care providers, which is essential for effective health counseling and identifying health issues.
- The study utilized surveys to analyze changes in communication patterns and to explore the impact of demographic factors on these changes, with a response rate of 49% from the surveyed adolescents.
- Results indicated that certain demographics, such as gender, age, and race, significantly influenced the topics discussed, highlighting disparities in communication about sexual health, diet, mental health, and overall provider interactions.
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- The study examines how the severity of health conditions in children affects family dynamics and their interactions with healthcare providers in Alabama.
- It finds that children with more severe conditions experience greater family strain, higher unmet needs in provider relationships, and increased resource expenditure for care.
- The results underscore the necessity for professional care coordination and support for families with severely affected children to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.
Background: Elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health has become a major national goal. The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has the potential to reduce disparities among the children who enroll if they exhibit the same disparities that have been documented in previous studies of low-income children. To determine the potential impact of SCHIP on racial and ethnic disparities, it is critical to assess baseline levels of health disparities among children enrolling in SCHIP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In 1995, the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) decided that information about the employment status of program graduates was essential to attempts to improve MCH curricula.
Method: ATMCH requested information from 13 MCH programs in schools of public health funded by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau and 12 provided information about their master's degree graduates in the 1990-1994 period, including the year of graduation, degree, Bureau traineeship support, position held, and employing agency.
Results: The total number of graduates was 742.