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Child care as a barrier to perinatal health care in Illinois
Holicky A , Anderson-Reeves T , Bennett AC , Lightner S , McRae KD , Handler A . Matern Child Health J 2023 PURPOSE: Within a multi-state Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network addressing the social determinants of health during 2017-2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health led an exploratory project to understand how the availability of child care affects maternal health care utilization. The project assessed whether lack of child care was a barrier to perinatal health care utilization and gathered information on health facility practices, resources, and policies related to child care DESCRIPTION: TWe surveyed (1) birthing hospitals (n = 98), (2) federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) (n = 40), and (3) a convenience sample of postpartum persons (n = 60). ASSESSMENT: Each group reported that child care concerns negatively affect health care utilization (66% of birthing hospitals, 50% of FQHCs, and 32% of postpartum persons). Among postpartum persons, the most common reported reason for missing a visit due to child care issues was "not feeling comfortable leaving my child(ren) in the care of others" (22%). The most common child care resource reported by facilities was "staff watching children" (53% of birthing hospitals, 75% of FQHCs); however, most did not have formal child care policies or dedicated space for children. Fewer than half of FQHCs (43%) discussed child care at the first prenatal visit. CONCLUSION: The project prompted the Illinois Title V program to add a child care-related strategy to their 2021-2025 Action Plan, providing opportunity for further examination of practices and policies that could be implemented to reduce child care barriers to perinatal care. Systematically addressing child care in health care settings may improve health care utilization among birthing/postpartum persons. |
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Pregnant People at Labor and Delivery and Changes in Infection Rates in the General Population: Lessons Learned From Illinois.
Goyal S , Gerardin J , Cobey S , Son C , McCarthy O , Dror A , Lightner S , Ezike NO , Duffus WA , Bennett AC . Public Health Rep 2022 137 (4) 333549221091826 OBJECTIVES: The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) assessed whether increases in the SARS-CoV-2 test positivity rate among pregnant people at labor and delivery (L&D) could signal increases in SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in the general Illinois population earlier than current state metrics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-six birthing hospitals universally testing for SARS-CoV-2 at L&D voluntarily submitted data from June 21, 2020 through January 23, 2021, to IDPH. Hospitals reported the daily number of people who delivered, SARS-CoV-2 tests, and test results as well as symptom status. We compared the test positivity rate at L&D with the test positivity rate of the general population and the number of hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness by quantifying correlations in trends and identifying a lead time. RESULTS: Of 26 633 reported pregnant people who delivered, 96.8% (n = 25 772) were tested for SARS-CoV-2. The overall test positivity rate was 2.4% (n = 615); 77.7% (n = 478) were asymptomatic. In Chicago, the only region with a sufficient sample size for analysis, the test positivity rate at L&D (peak of 5% on December 7, 2020) was lower and more stable than the test positivity rate of the general population (peak of 14% on November 13, 2020) and lagged hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness (peak of 118 on November 15, 2020) and the test positivity rate of the general population by about 10 days (Pearson correlation = 0.73 and 0.75, respectively). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Trends in the test positivity rate at L&D did not provide an earlier signal of increases in Illinois's SARS-CoV-2 prevalence than current state metrics did. Nonetheless, the role of universal testing protocols in identifying asymptomatic infection is important for clinical decision making and patient education about infection prevention and control. |
Cluster analysis and cluster ranking for asthma inpatient hospitalizations among children, adolescents, and adults aged 0 to 19 years in Cook County, Illinois, 2011-2014
Labgold K , Bennett AC , Wells KM . Prev Chronic Dis 2020 17 E05 Asthma is one of the top 5 principal diagnoses for inpatient hospitalizations among children and adolescents aged 1 to 17 years in the United States (1). Inpatient hospitalizations are used as a marker for severe asthma symptoms, suggesting poor management of disease and limited access to routine care (2). Preventing adverse childhood asthma outcomes is a priority of the Illinois Department of Public Health in collaboration with community and university partners (3). To understand the burden of asthma among young people in the greater Chicago (Cook County) area, we mapped crude rates of asthma inpatient hospitalizations among children, adolescents, and young adults aged 0 to 19 years, by zip code, in Cook County, Illinois, during 2011–2014. Additionally, we performed a cluster analysis to identify neighborhoods with high rates of asthma inpatient hospitalizations. |
Mental health and substance use-related hospitalizations among women of reproductive age in Illinois and Wisconsin
Bennett AC , Gibson C , Rohan AM , Howland JF , Rankin KM . Public Health Rep 2018 134 (1) 33354918812807 INTRODUCTION:: Mental health and substance use are growing public health concerns, but established surveillance methods do not measure the burden of these conditions among women of reproductive age. We developed a standardized indicator from administrative data to identify inpatient hospitalizations related to mental health or substance use (MHSU) among women of reproductive age, as well as co-occurrence of mental health and substance use conditions among those hospitalizations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: We used inpatient hospital discharge data from 2012-2014 for women aged 15-44 residing in Illinois and Wisconsin. We identified MHSU-related hospitalizations through the principal International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis and first-listed ICD-9-CM external cause of injury code (E code). We classified hospitalizations as related to 1 of 3 mutually exclusive categories: a mental disorder, a substance use disorder, or an acute MHSU-related event. We defined co-occurrence as the presence of both mental health and substance use codes in any available diagnosis or E-code field. RESULTS:: Of 1 173 758 hospitalizations of women of reproductive age, 150 318 (12.8%) were related to a mental disorder, a substance use disorder, or an acute MHSU-related event, for a rate of 135.6 hospitalizations per 10 000 women. Of MHSU-related hospitalizations, 115 163 (76.6%) were for a principal mental disorder, 22 466 (14.9%) were for a principal substance use disorder, and 12 709 (8.5%) were for an acute MHSU-related event; 42.4% had co-occurring mental health codes and substance use codes on the discharge record. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS:: MHSU-related disorders and events are common causes of hospitalization for women of reproductive age, and nearly half of these hospitalizations involved co-occurring mental health and substance use diagnoses or events. This new indicator may improve public health surveillance by establishing a systematic and comprehensive method to measure the burden of MHSU-related hospitalizations among women of reproductive age. |
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