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Seattle & King County
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Kids Get Care
Program achievements Sept. 2001 - February 2007
OVERALL PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS
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| Children connected to medical and/or dental homes (a usual source of care) |
27,987
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| Children scanned for developmental milestones and oral health by community agency staff |
145,000 |
| Community agency staff members trained to provide developmental and oral health surveillance and health care home linkage |
13,540 |
| Applications of fluoride varnish applied to children 0-5 |
9,360 |
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Outcome
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Increase |
From
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To
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| Percentage of two-year-olds up-to-date with Well Child Checks |
41% |
53% in '01 |
75% in '03 |
| Average number of visits with the Maternity Support Services (MSS) social worker which includes maternal mental health promotion received by pregnant women and women with young children at one maternal health site |
192% |
2.5 in '04 |
7.3 in '07 |
| Pregnant women and women with young children assessed for maternal depression at two maternal health sites. |
191% |
33% in ‘04
0 in ‘04 |
95% in ‘07
53% in ‘06 |
| % of women identified with maternal depression connected to appropriate mental health interventions and/or access to appropriate resources |
14% |
88% in '05 |
100% in '07 |
| Children under 18 months who received a dental visit |
326% |
337 Mar-Aug '05 |
1,434 Mar-Aug '06 |
| Children birth-5 assessed by a structured developmental questionnaire |
160 fold (16,040) |
5 in '04 |
807 in '06 |
| % of kids and families seen by the Behavioral Health Specialist who are adhering to treatment plans |
n/a- new activity |
0 in '03 |
80% in '04 |
| Oral health screening exams done by medical providers at one participating medical clinic |
(1087%) |
78 in '02 |
926 in '04 |
| New children 0-2 seen in one participating dental clinic |
232% |
161 in '02 |
535 in '04 |
| New children 0-5, seen in 2 participating dental clinics |
108% |
874 in '02 |
1,819 in '04 |
PARTNERSHIPS AND PRODUCTS
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- Partnered with the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) program which recruited and trained 230 Dentists and clinics in 3 counties between July 2002 and June 2006 to see Medicaid-eligible children from birth through age five. ABCD focuses on preventive and restorative dental care for children with an emphasis on the first dental visit by age one.
- 1020 community staff members and parents were trained on maternal depression and maternal-child oral health issues
- Produced Development and Oral Health “Red Flags” checklists, available at www.metrokc.gov/health/kgc.
- Produced an educational videos for parents in eight languages explaining Well Child Checks and the Importance of Baby Teeth available at www.metrokc.gov/health/kgc.
EXPANSION AND DISSEMINATION
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YEAR
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# SITES
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COUNTIES
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2001
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3
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King |
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2002
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5
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King |
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2003
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7
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King |
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2004
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13
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King,(Pierce, Snohomish in September '04) |
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2005
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17
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King, Pierce, Snohomish |
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2006
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24
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King, Pierce, Snohomish |
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