2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/06/2012 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Developing Culturally Competent EHDI Programs that Includes the Life Course Perspective | Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker | 1
Developing Culturally Competent EHDI Programs that Includes the Life Course Perspective
State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs (EHDI) are charged with ensuring that all newborns and young children receive newborn hearing screening and follow-up services according to the National Goals, Program Objectives, and Performance Measures. This presentation will discuss the importance of taking a public health population based approach on cultural competency and sensitivity that can improve outreach and ensure that families in the EHDI system do not become lost to follow-up.
This session will present how the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, within the Division of Children and Youth with Special Health Needs, is focused on honoring the cultures and preferences of families served by the EHDI initiative in the Commonwealth. Our program endorses a life course model of care, which focuses on social determinants and health equity. Cultural barriers, social biases, ethnic barriers, and cultural prejudice as they relate to EHDI programs will be discussed. This presentation will demonstrate that there is added value in getting to know the communities we serve in our states, including understanding birth data and emerging populations.
The National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) will be discussed and ideas for including these standards in EHDI policy will be presented. National and Massachusetts population data related to race/ethnicity and language will be presented. Information about literacy levels, socio-economic factors, perceptions of health and disability will be discussed. The audience will have an understanding of life course philosophy, CLAS standards, and increased awareness about cultural competency as it relates to EHDI.
- The audience will have an understanding of life course philosophy, CLAS standards, and increased awareness about cultural competency. Data and information about literacy levels,socio-economic factors, perceptions of health and disability as they relate to the EHDI population will be provided.
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Presenters/Authors
Janet Farrell
(Primary Presenter,Author), Department of Public Health, janet.farrell@state.ma.us;
Janet Farrell is the Program Director for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program. She is also the project director for two federal grants related to the program she oversees. She has over twenty-five years experience implementing and overseeing public health programs. Her passion is ensuring young children with hearing loss are identified early and receive appropriate services. She has a strong interest in data/research and has published articles on newborn hearing screening and related topics.
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Rashmi Dayalu
(Co-Presenter), Massachusetts Department of Public Health, rashmi.dayalu@state.ma.us;
Rashmi Dayalu, MPH, BS is the Epidemiologist for the Massachusetts Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program. She is responsible for data collection, quality assurance, analysis, interpretation and dissemination to federal and state partners. Rashmi received her MPH in Epidemiology in 2007 with a concentration in Global Health from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She received her undergraduate degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Washington, Seattle.
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Sarah Stone
(Author), MA Dept. of Public Health, sarah.stone@state.ma.us;
Sarah Stone is the Director of the Massachusetts Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program. She has a hearing loss and has been with the program for over 20 years. She has developed programming for families, including social and educational events. She is a member of the state's Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee.
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