A successful program for training parent mentors to provide assistance with obtaining health insurance for uninsured children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Seven million US children lack health insurance. Community health workers are effective in insuring uninsured children, and parent mentors (PMs) in improving asthmatic children's outcomes. It is unknown, however, whether a training program can result in PMs acquiring knowledge/skills to insure uninsured children. The study aim was to determine whether a PM training program results in improved knowledge/skills regarding insuring uninsured minority children.

Methods

Minority parents in a primary-care clinic who already had Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)-covered children were selected as PMs, attending a 2-day training session addressing 9 topics. A 33-item pretraining test assessed knowledge/skills regarding Medicaid/CHIP, the application process

SUBMITTER: Flores G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409443 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature