18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
3/05/2019 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Using the FL3 Needs Assessment to Inform EHDI Program Improvement | International A
Using the FL3 Needs Assessment to Inform EHDI Program Improvement
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has increased their commitment to the inclusion of families in program and resource development—a recent example of this is the new cooperative agreement titled the Family Leadership in Language and Learning Program (FL3), which was awarded to Hands & Voices (H&V), a parent-driven organization that serves families who have children who are Deaf of hard of hearing (DHH), in 2017. H&V contracted with the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management to conduct a national needs assessment geared toward collecting information from families of children ages 0-6 years who are DHH, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) coordinators, and directors of family-based organizations who are contracted with their state/territory EHDI programs. Results of the needs assessment demonstrated gaps in the current support and resources provided to families as well as support and resources provided to EHDI programs and FBOs in their service to families.
This session will provide a brief overview of the outcomes of the FL3 needs assessment. However, this will primarily be a working session where attendees will collaborate, using quality improvement methodology and the FL3 needs assessment data, to determine the relevant gaps in their EHDI system and brainstorm potential strategies in filling those gaps.
Through small workgroups, attendees will discuss and begin to develop improvement plans that include aims, measures, and specific activities or strategies to start their improvement work after the EHDI Meeting.
- Summarize the FL3 needs assessment findings from families, EHDI coordinators, and family support organizations.
- Identify and prioritize gaps found in the FL3 needs assessment that are applicable to the attendee’s EHDI system.
- Collaborate with other attendees to develop a list of potential strategies and effective practices to help improve their EHDI system.
Presentation:
18878_10481AlysonWard.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10481AlysonWard.rtf
Presenters/Authors
Vicki Hunting
(), Hands & Voices, vicki@handsandvoices.org;
Vicki Hunting is mom to two adult daughters; the youngest a young adult who is deaf/hard of hearing. She has worked in project management, process reengineering and quality/process improvement and evaluation for over 20 years with experience. Ms. Hunting has experience using the Model for Improvement using Plan-Do-Study-Act(PDSA) cycles as a framework for QI projects. This experience also includes; testing, implementing and spreading changes as well as using data for improvement, and developing and interpreting run charts and control charts. In her current staff position as Director of Data and Evaluation at Hands & Voices Headquarters Ms. Hunting works to ensure data and evaluation functions and practices of the organization are developed and monitored, works on establishing efficient, accurate, and timely data tracking to ensure data quality, integrity, reliability and validity. Vicki has been involved in the H&V in Iowa since it began in 2004.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Alyson Ward
(), NCHAM, alyson.ward@usu.edu;
Ms. Ward earned a MS in Health Education in 2008 through Utah State University and became a certified as a Quality Improvement Advisor by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in 2015. For the past 15 years, her career efforts have demonstrated commitment to improving public health through health promotion, education, research, policy development, evaluation, and grant development from the community to national levels. Ms. Ward’s positions and interests provide her with broad and valuable experiences in public health. Currently, Ms. Ward is engaged in learning systems development (e.g., coalitions, learning communities, and collaboratives) and children’s health research (e.g., environmental, viral, and genetic factors) as the Director of Quality Improvement at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, an MCHB-funded technical assistance center. She is also the project coordinator of the CMV (cytomegalovirus) Public Health and Policy Conference and serves on the board of the National CMV Foundation.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.