Click here to obtain a copy of the Strategic Plan Summary form. In addition to population characteristics, this book also addresses health status and health services utilization. Click here to download the full report. Children without health insurance or those who cannot access healthcare for various reasons are more likely to have expensive management delays for complex, biopsychosocial conditions.
Access improves when the delivery system structure adapts to the parent and child.
Children need continuity of insurance coverage. Gaps in insurance or transitions among programs cause sporadic coverage that lead to interrupted access. Most important, children need medical homes that give continuous, culturally competent, comprehensive, community based, and compassionate care. Click here to download an enrollment packet for the Iowa Training Project for Child Care Health Consultants. A BMI of 30 in most cases means an individual is about 30 pounds overweight.