Promising outreach practices: enrolling low-income children in health insurance programs in California.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100890609 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1524-8399 (Print) Linking ISSN: 15248399 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Promot Pract Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c2000-
    • Subject Terms:
      Community-Institutional Relations* ; Poverty*; Adolescent Health Services/*economics ; Child Health Services/*economics ; Community Health Centers/*organization & administration ; Health Promotion/*methods ; Medicaid/*statistics & numerical data; Adolescent ; California ; Child ; Emigration and Immigration ; Health Care Coalitions ; Hispanic or Latino ; Humans ; Inservice Training/organization & administration ; Professional Competence
    • Abstract:
      Strategies used by outreach workers to successfully enroll underserved and uninsured California children into low cost health insurance programs such as MediCal and Healthy Families are examined. Outreach workers are particularly effective in enrolling and retaining hard to reach populations, especially immigrant families, in health programs. Skilled in grassroots communications and members of the communities they serve, outreach workers are key to building viral community support. Effective outreach depends on the selection of outreach workers with appropriate personal characteristics and then training them in a number of core competencies. This article analyzes the main avenues used by outreach workers within the First Things First demonstration project: person-to-person contact, utilization of existing of institutions, and public communication strategies. Structural and systemic barriers remain to enrolling children in public health insurance programs that exceed the scope of outreach workers. Thus, effective outreach programs should address both structural issues and staff selection and training.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20031113 Date Completed: 20031218 Latest Revision: 20211203
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/1524839903255523
    • Accession Number:
      14611028