Increasing Pediatric IBH Capacity using Community Health Workers: Year 1 Recap
Our Increasing Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Capacity using Community Health Workers (CHWs) project has wrapped up Year 1 activities! The 6 practices involved in this project completed significant milestones this year, including hiring and training CHWs to be part of an IBH team, implementing universal BH screening for all patients, training practice team members on how to leverage the IBH CHW, and collecting data on CHW activities. Data was presented at our September Steering Committee meeting that reflected CHWs connecting with 327 patients and families, with 66% of encounters dealing with both IBH and social needs. We are grateful to our partners at TEAM UP for Children at Boston Medical Center and the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute for providing training and evaluation support. All 6 practices are now working on Year 2 milestones, including continued data collection and improvement of universal screening rates for youth ages 0-17. Thank you to Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI, UnitedHealthcare and Point32Health for your support of this project. Practices participating in this project are:
- Coastal Medical Bald Hill
- Coastal Medical Waterman
- CCAP
- Pediatric Primary Care, Hasbro Children’s Hospital
- Family Care Center
- Wood River Health