Abstract
Communication between a child’s health care provider, child care and other community providers (cross-system communication) may facilitate access and referral to early intervention (EI). This study examined (a) factors associated with cross-system communication and (b) whether cross-system communication was associated with receiving EI among U.S. toddlers ages 1 to 2 years. This study used data from the National Survey of Children’s Health 2016 and included 1,184 children of ages 1 to 2 years, whose parents indicated a need for cross-system communication. Dependent variable was having an EI plan. Primary independent variable was cross-system communication. Children who had cross-system communication had almost three times (2.9) higher odds of receiving EI services as compared to those who did not have cross-system communication (odds ratio [OR] = 2.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 6.9, p =.014). This study found that cross-system communication was associated with receiving EI services for U.S. children of ages 1 to 2 years.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 289-298 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Early Intervention |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Keywords
- National Survey of Children’s Health
- care coordination
- cross-system communication
- early intervention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health