Access to Home- and Community-Based Services for Children with Disability: Academic Institutions' Role and Areas for Improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This project sought to describe provider- and parent-identified needs and barriers to obtaining home- and community-based services (HCBS) for children with disability (CWD) and to determine ways pediatric health care institutions can improve access to HCBS services.

Methods

In this exploratory sequential mixed methods evaluation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with multidisciplinary providers and staff from an independent children's hospital, followed by a survey of English and Spanish-speaking parents of CWD. Data from interviews and surveys were then triangulated for overarching common themes regarding how pediatric health care institutions can better support access to HCBS.

Results

Among 382 parent respondents, 74.1% reported t

SUBMITTER: Bruton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11056305 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature