2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
4/14/2014 | 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | Barriers to Outpatient Re-screens Among Infants and Families in Georgia | Daytona | 1
Barriers to Outpatient Re-screens Among Infants and Families in Georgia
Studies suggest that children with hearing loss who receive intervention by six months of age have better language and literacy outcomes. Data from the State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS), Georgia’s data management system, was examined. SendSS, which includes newborn hearing screening results and the electronic birth certificate was linked with databases such as census and Medicaid data, to identify the number of infants who “referred” on hospital hearing screening and did not receive an outpatient re-screen by one month of age. Although this evaluation has been done previously, Georgia has not evaluated factors impacting follow-up hearing screening on a statewide level. Primary language spoken in the home, income level, mother’s occupation, marital status, delivery method (caesarian or vaginal), maternal pregnancy and delivery complications, domestic violence, insurance status, and number of siblings were variables investigated to determine impact of a repeat screen being completed by one month. These measures of impact will produce findings that will influence future programmatic decisions; this study crucial so that a comprehensive approach can be developed and applied in regards to increasing rescreens in one month among children born in Georgia.
- Assess barriers to rescreen by one month in Georgia
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Amanda Clemons
(Primary Presenter,Author), Georgia Department of Public Health, amclemons@dhr.state.ga.us;
Director of Maternal and Child Health Office Epidemiology at the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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Tammy Uehlin
(Co-Presenter,Author), Georgia Department of Public Health, truehlin@dhr.state.ga.us;
UNHSI program coordinator at Georgia Department of Public Health.
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Kelly Hermanns
(Co-Presenter,Author), Georgia Department of Public Health, kahermanns@dhr.state.ga.us;
Program Consultant with UNHSI in Georgia.
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