2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
Beginning to Pave the Way in Illinois to Address Infant Hearing Health Disparities
The use of social determinants of hearing health data for infants completing screening, diagnosis and Early Intervention in Illinois has assisted the program to identify opportunities for systems change in addressing statewide disparities. Through analysis and visualizations, the program gained new perspectives about the influence of race, geographic location and confounding factors, such as baby birthweight, on the attainment of national benchmarks. Perspectives discovered drive the development of strategies for supporting equitable services. The poster will share Illinois’ identification and analysis of maternal factors that drive the development of intervention targets for addressing hearing health disparities. The initial work represented in this poster paves the way to creating a bridge to equitable care.
- identify maternal factors associated with 1-3-6 goals
- investigate contributing factors that are associated with health disparities
- determine intervention targets for systems change to address vulnerable populations
Poster:
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Presenter: Gabrielle Bires
Gabrielle Bires is a Social Service Program Planner for the Illinois Department of Public Health EHDI Program. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Care Planning and Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ms. Bires received her Masters of Science Degree in Health Informatics with a concentration in health data science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is currently working on her Health Disparity Research certificate through the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Mary-Ann Chanase is an intern at the Illinois Department of Public Health. She has a Bachelor's degree in Health Education. Ms. Chanase is currently seeking her Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Dr. Ginger Mullin has a Bachelor’s degree Communication Disorders. She also holds a Master’s and Doctoral degree in Audiology. She has worked in pediatric audiology and the EHDI system since 1995 and became Illinois’ EHDI coordinator in 2005. During that time she has been the principal investigator for both the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants/ cooperative agreements. She has received specific training in pediatrics, public health, data management and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). As the EHDI Coordinator, Dr. Mullin has worked at the state and national level to promote newborn hearing screening, audiology diagnostics, targeted intervention, family-to-family support, stakeholder education and ongoing surveillance through age 3. She has presented regionally and nationally on pediatric assessment, amplification, the EHDI system of care, and partnering with families She has been part of the leadership teams for the Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum (NHSTC), EHDI-PALS, Virtual Site Visit Project (VSV), as well as the national EHDI Meeting. She has severed in many capacities, including the President for the Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies. She is the co-leader of EHDI Chats a national forum for EHDI Coordinators to meet monthly and share seamlessly while stealing shamelessly from one another to enhance state programs. She has been nominated several time for the Antonio Maxon Award at the National EHDI Meeting and received the Seaver Vision Award. Dr. Mullin was also a key leader for the EHDI and GBYS program which received the Generating Real Action by Cultivating Engagement (GRACE) Award from Expecting Health and Baby’s First Test. Dr. Mullin sits on the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee and the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention to guide work for children with low-incidence sensory disabilities.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.