Appalachian Rural Health Integration Model
| WV-Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND | |||
| Program Type | UCEDD | Fiscal Year | 2020 |
| Contact | Lesley Cottrell, Ph.D. | ||
| [email protected] | |||
| Phone | 304-293-4692 | ||
| Project Description | |||
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The IMPACT WV project is working with communities to create opportunities and address needs of children diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) or exposed to substances in utero. The programs goal is to improve the health and well-being of children diagnosed with NAS, women who were, or are, using substances, and their families who receive services from home visiting programs. Services developed to increase resiliency against these experiences must incorporate attention to sociodeterminants of health including: limited adult education, limited employment, increasing homelessness, and limited family access to both social services (transportation, housing, utilities, food insecurity, and intrapersonal violence) and health care services (including behavioral/mental health). IMPACT is a research study designed to develop strategies to expand services that encourage childrens healthy development and help families overcome barriers to achieving financial security and independence. The WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities is collaborating with WV Home Visitation Providers to provide additional services to families who enroll in the WV IMPACT study. The proposed approach will expand the home visitation infrastructure and training capacity within a six-county region of WV that is most impacted by the physical, economic, and social effects of maternal substance use and NAS. Evidence-based programming for parental depression, service coordination with substance use providers within the region, social service patient navigation, and the availability of education, employment, and development specialists is intended to expand the current home visitation model. IMPACT WV is developing an online clearing house for training and resources for families and providers. Users will learn about best practices and strategies to work together to build family supports so children grow up healthy, strong and ready to learn. The clearinghouse will showcase resources, checklists, tools, webinars and learning modules. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau. |
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