AUCD: Poster Session: Improving Health Systems to Drive Change: Addressing Cultural Barriers in Autism Screening: Lessons Learned from the 2015 SPHARC Peer-to-Peer Exchange
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Presenter
Sarah Beth McLellan, MPH, Sr. Program Manager, CYSHCNAMCHP
Other Presenter(s)
Elaine Gabovitch, MPA, UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Cente, Charlestown, MA, United States, MA - Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UCEDD/LEND;Julie Whyte, BA, MPH(c), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States;
Description
This poster present the results from the SPHARC June 2015 Peer-to-Peer Exchange on Considering Culture in Autism Screening. Five HRSA autism grantees participated in the exchange (Massachusetts - host; Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Virginia), which included training on the Considering Culture curriculum. The poster provides a snap shot of a variety of strategies, partnerships and best practices for addressing cultural and linguistic barriers to identification and treatment for ASD/DD.Back to Session: Poster Session: Improving Health Systems to Drive Change