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QI Study of a Practice Facilitator's Impact in Working With Clinics on Improving Dental, Lead & Obesity Measures for Children

NCT01739166 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2014-12-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Funded by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP), the "Child Health Excellence Center - a University-Practice-Public Partnership" (CHEC-UPPP) focuses on improving the health of Ohio's children in 3 target areas: 1) prevention of dental decay; 2) detection and management of overweight and obesity; and 3) lead screening. These topics represent critical public health issues for Ohio's children.

The study is based on strong evidence that interventions are needed to improve practice in the target areas and that achieving these goals represents fundamental improvements in child health care that would reduce morbidity and costs. The approach for the study involves a trained Practice Facilitator (PF) working with multiple pediatric and family medicine practices to create change tailored to individual practice preferences and methods of operation.

Our overall hypothesis is that a university-community consortium, utilizing evidence-based methods (involving education plus a facilitated, practice-tailored approach) will increase the rates of targeted services in primary care practices.

Conditions

  • Lead Poisoning
  • Obesity
  • Dental Decay

Interventions

OTHER

Practice-tailored intervention to increase rates of targeted services

Over a 6 month period, the Practice Facilitator (PF), offers individualized suggestions, strategies and tools for streamlining processes and incorporating new ideas into the flow of a practice's work day to increase their rates of delivery of the 3 targeted services of lead screening, obesity detection and dental decay prevention. During the intervention visits the PF reviews a small number of recent well-visit charts. This allows for rapid feedback to a practice on their progress as they work toward reaching outcome measures. It also provides 'real time' feedback regarding the degree to which suggested interventions are working, allowing the PF to change the approach as needed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leona Cuttler, M.D. · University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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