Healthy Kids
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Los Angeles Healthy Kids Improves Access to Care for Young Children Early Results from the Healthy Kids Evaluation
The Healthy Kids program was launched in Los Angeles County in July 2003 with funding from First 5 LA. The program aims to extend universal coverage to children in families with incomes below 300 percent of the federal poverty level by insuring children ineligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families. Initially designed to cover children under age 6, Healthy Kids obtained additional financing and e...
متن کاملStable Coverage Benefits Healthy Kids Children. Evaluation of the Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative In Brief #5
Launched in January 2001 by the Santa Clara County Children’s Health Initiative (CHI), the Healthy Kids program provides health insurance coverage to over 13,000 children in the county with household incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level ($62,000 for a family of four) who are ineligible for the two major state insurance programs in California, Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. The...
متن کاملObesity epidemic requires federal intervention: "Healthy Kids" key to nation's healthy future.
The Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 4053) legislation does three things: (1) establishes an office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and promote action on healthy eating, (2) institutes a three-tier system for labeling foods, and (3) enables regulatory action to curb food commercials targeting children.
متن کاملQuality of Early Childhood Health Care in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program
The Los Angeles Healthy Kids program was created in 2003 to provide health insurance to uninsured children ages 0–5 years in families with household income below 300 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) who are ineligible for SCHIP or Medicaid. A quality of care survey sampled parents of 538 children ages 12–72 months enrolled in the program for at least one year, with a response rate of ...
متن کاملResults from Scotland's 2013 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
BACKGROUND The Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card aims to consolidate existing evidence, facilitate international comparisons, encourage more evidence-informed physical activity and health policy, and improve surveillance of physical activity. METHODS Application of the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card process and methodology to Scotland, adapted to Scottish circumstances and avai...
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