Title

Achieving national health goals in prevention with community organization: The “bottom up” approach

Keywords

Child health; Community organization; EPSDT; Health reform; Medicaid; Prevention

Abstract

This article demonstrates that achieving national health goals in prevention requires reform from the “bottom up” through community organization and innovation. The Healthy Kids project shows how citizens in Oklahoma form community structures that took ownership of problems in Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program, reformed local health services, and made the program work for children in their community. The project can be replicated by other communities seeking to improve child access to health care through EPSDT and other public health programs. © 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

5-29-1997

Publication Title

Journal of Community Practice

Volume

4

Issue

2

Number of Pages

77-92

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1300/J125v04n02_06

Socpus ID

84937266044 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84937266044

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