TABLE 1.
Referral program measures stratified by child’s type of birth defect
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N,a percentage (95% CI) |
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| Spina bifida/encephalocele (n = 100) | Cleft lip alone (n = 68) | Cleft palate (n = 300) | Down syndrome (n = 367) | Critical congenital heart defects (n = 87) | All birth defects (n = 909) | |
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| Children NOT meeting CDC developmental milestones | 59, 59% (49%–69%) | 10, 15% (6%–23%) | 117, 39% (33%–45%) | 265, 72% (68%–77%) | 51, 59% (48%–69%) | 488, 54% (50%–57%) |
| Children NOT meeting CDC developmental milestones and NOT already enrolled in ECI | 20, 20% (12%–28%) | 6, 9% (2%–16%) | 55, 18% (14%–23%) | 75, 20% (16%–25%) | 26, 30% (20%–40%) | 179, 20% (17%–22%) |
| Families reporting one or more barrier(s) to accessing services | 40, 40% (30%–50%) | 19, 28% (17%–39%) | 116, 39% (33%–44%) | 157, 43% (37%–48%) | 35, 40% (30%–51%) | 357, 39% (36%–42%) |
| Children already enrolled in ECI at the time of social worker contact | 49, 49% (39%–59%) | 11,16% (10%–25%) | 111, 37% (32%–42%) | 265, 72% (68%–77%) | 32, 37% (37%–47%) | 458, 50% (47%–54%) |
| Families receiving two or more referrals to health and social service programs | 67, 67% (58%–76%) | 35, 51% (40%–63%) | 201, 67% (62%–72%) | 277, 75% (71%–80%) | 62, 71% (62%–81%) | 632, 70% (67%–73%) |
| Children newly referred to ECI by the social worker | 22, 22% (14%–30%) | 17, 25% (15–35%) | 88, 29% (24%–34%) | 48, 13% (10%–17%) | 22, 25% (16%–34%) | 194, 21% (19%–24%) |
| Families who requested case management | 28, 28% (19%–37%) | 10, 15% (10%–23%) | 72, 24% (19%–29%) | 125, 34% (29%–39%) | 26, 30% (20%–40%) | 257, 28% (25%–31%) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ECI, Early Childhood Intervention.
a
Sum of columns exceeds the total because children may have more than one birth defect.