Three Essential Partners To Ensure Coordinated Care:

   

1. Parents

-  Are empowered to be partners with health professionals in the care of their child

-  Bring the Passport each time their child has a health visit

- Take their child for routine checkups and all immunizations

- Learn to stimulate their child's development and keep their child safe.

2. Health Professionals

- Are reminded to perform and record recommended immunizations, screenings, and health education at each well-child visit

-   Educate parents about age-appropriate development and safety issues

-    Keep one copy of results for the child's file and forward one copy to the community coordinator

3. Community Coordinators

-   Remind parents of health care appointments

-   Notify the health professional if the child misses important services, such as immunizations

-   Prepare reports for health policy planners

At the heart of the Partners project is the 

Denver Child Health Passport

a parent-held health record for children from birth through age 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* A chart detailing when immunizations and other preventive services are due

  * Forms covering all the elements of complete and age-appropriate well-child checkups

* Information for parents about how to stimulate their child's development and keep child safe.

 

To minimize paperwork, all forms are printed on self-copying paper. One copy stays in the Passport, one is placed by the health provider in the child's file, and one is sent to a community coordinator.

America is failing her children

-   More than 40% of 2-year-olds are not immunized against preventable diseases.

-   Each year, millions of children die or are injured in preventable accidents.

-   Many young children with developmental delays are not identified. As a result they don't get early treatment that could prevent more serious disabilities.

- No comprehensive tracking system exists to ensure that these problems are prevented.

What the Partners Say

-   "I like being treated like a partner by my child's doctor."

-   "I like learning what my child will do next."

-   " I wish I would have had a Passport for my older children."

Health Professionals say:

-   "The Passport gives me a unique opportunity to teach parents and get them more involved in their child's care."

-   "It provides a record of the care a child has received - no matter how often the family moves."

Community Coordinators say:

-   "I like knowing that I'm part of a project that helps children get preventive care."

For further information contact:

PROJECT ECHO

101 NORTH 14th Street

Canon City, Co 81212

276-5700