Early Childhood Care Coordination Through 211: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Early intervention services can improve outcomes for children with developmental delays. Health care providers, however, often struggle to ensure timely referrals and services. We tested the effectiveness of telephone-based early childhood developmental care coordination through 211 LA, a health and human services call center serving Los Angeles County, in increasing referral and enrollment in services.

Methods

In partnership with 4 clinic systems, we recruited and randomly assigned children aged 12 to 42 months with upcoming well-child visits and without a known developmental delay, to intervention versus usual care. All children received developmental screening and usual clinic care. Intervention children also received telephone connection to a 21

SUBMITTER: Nelson BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291962 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature