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Các khoản tài trợ mới thúc đẩy sự tham gia của gia đình vào việc thay đổi hệ thống y tế

PALO ALTO – Equitable funding for health services, improved transition to adult care, and increased media coverage of child health policy are among the goals of six grants recently awarded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health.

All six grants are designed to improve the health care system for children with special health care needs, with two grants focusing particular attention on family involvement in promoting system change.

Tiếng nói của gia đình California (FVCA) will use funding to strengthen its communications capacity and increase visibility around the state for its services and programs. FVCA provides information and support to families regarding their children with special health care needs. A key FVCA program offers training to empower family members to advocate for improved public and private policies, and assists individuals in finding opportunities to serve on policy committees.

A grant to Trẻ em bây giờ, a child health advocacy organization, will facilitate meaningful family participation in state health policymaking. Funds will be used for work that will enable family members to participate on state and local health advisory committees in consistent and substantive ways.

"Families' involvement is crucial to system improvement," said Ed Schor, MD, senior vice president at the foundation."Families interact with multiple agencies on a regular basis, and they are well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of California's child health policies. Families also are the most effective advocates for their children. With additional training and support, more family members can make a real difference in how policy decisions are made."

A grant to the Sacramento-based Báo cáo Y tế California builds on previous funding to the nonprofit journalism project, which covers health and health policy. Funds will be used to expand in-depth coverage of state and national policy decisions that affect children, with a special focus on children with special needs.

Các Kern County Public Health Services Department received support to develop a process of assessment and intervention to improve the transition from pediatric to adult health care for children in the California Children's Services program in the county. A successful model would be disseminated for use in transition planning in other California counties.

Public Counsel, a pro bono law firm, will undertake a project to collect and disseminate information on inequities in funding in the state's Regional Center network. The goal is to advocate for program and policy changes to address any racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of developmental disability services.

Một khoản tài trợ cho Đại học Stanford is designed to increase research by pediatric faculty on the system of care for children and strengthen the capacity for research of the Division of General Pediatrics.

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Về Quỹ Lucile Packard vì Sức khỏe Trẻ em: Quỹ Lucile Packard vì Sức khỏe Trẻ em là một tổ chức từ thiện công cộng, được thành lập năm 1997. Sứ mệnh của quỹ là nâng cao ưu tiên cho sức khỏe trẻ em, đồng thời nâng cao chất lượng và khả năng tiếp cận dịch vụ chăm sóc sức khỏe trẻ em thông qua sự lãnh đạo và đầu tư trực tiếp. Quỹ hoạt động phối hợp với Bệnh viện Nhi đồng Lucile Packard Stanford và các chương trình chăm sóc sức khỏe trẻ em của Đại học Stanford. Thông qua Chương trình Chăm sóc Sức khỏe Đặc biệt dành cho Trẻ em, quỹ hỗ trợ phát triển một hệ thống chăm sóc sức khỏe chất lượng cao, mang lại kết quả sức khỏe tốt hơn cho trẻ em và nâng cao chất lượng cuộc sống cho các gia đình.