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A Pediatrician Can Make a Difference!!!!. CATCH Program Mission. CATCH supports pediatricians to collaborate within their communities so that all children have access to needed health services and a medical home. It Takes A Village…. More Background Information.
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CATCH Program Mission CATCH supports pediatricians to collaborate within their communities so that all children have access to needed health services and a medical home.
More Background Information • Program of the Community Pediatrics Council of the American Academy of Pediatrics • Provides seed funds for programs aimed at improving children’s health • A pediatrician or pediatric resident need to be program leader • Asks for development of community partnerships
More Background Information cont. • Grants awarded twice a year (Fall and Spring) • Planning and Implementation grants fund 6 month long projects • $ 12,000 and $ 3,000 awards for pediatricians and residents • Application is straightforward!!! • Local and national technical support is readily available
CATCH Evaluation Highlights • 401 funded grants from 2006 to 2012 (731 eligible applications) • 58% grantees spend 100% of their time in general pediatrics • Non-profit community health center is single largest employment setting
CATCH Evaluation Highlights • 85% projects are completed • 87% projects still exist in some form two years after funding • 63% awardees still involved in their project • 29% report CATCH funds helped to leverage additional funding
CATCH Evaluation Highlights • 72% have sustained most community partnerships • 64% formed new community partnerships after funding ended • 64% success at increasing access for children • 41% have mentored others in obtaining a CATCH grant or conducting a CATCH project
Some Examples • Youth in transition health care • Oral Health • Maternal Depression • Care coordination for CSHCN • Mental Health Access • Asthma • Health Literacy • Teenage pregnancy
Contact Information • Massachusetts CATCH co-facilitators Dr. Anne Nugent (nugeae@comcast.net) Dr. Giusy Romano-Clarke (gromanoclarke@partners.org) • District I CATCH Resident Representative Dr. Megan Schultz (mschultz1@partners.org)
Contact Information • AAP CATCH Program Manager Dana Bennett-Tejes (dtejes@aap.org) • Community Pediatrics Website http://www2.aap.org/commpeds • CATCH Website http://www2.aap.org/catch/index.html