Implementing the Early Childhood Continuum of Care in Community Health Centers

Implementing the Early Childhood Continuum of Care in Community Health Centers

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Join the Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS): Evidence to Impact Center on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 4-5:30 PM EST for a webinar about implementing the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Continuum of Care in community health centers. 

Dr. Sara del Campo de Gonzalez, MD, FAAP, general pediatrician at Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, will provide strategies for community health centers to implement the ECD Continuum of Care for children ages 0-5. Dr. David Willis, MD, FAAP, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Kay Johnson, MPH, MEd, president of Johnson Policy Consulting, will join as discussants. The webinar will include stories from the field on implementing the care continuum, including for developmental health promotion and prevention, screening and surveillance, linkage and care coordination for appropriate follow-up, and consultation or brief intervention.   

This webinar will be at a foundational and intermediate level for community health centers that are already implementing the continuum or working to expand their implementation. CEU, CME, and MOC 2 credits will be available to those who attend the live webinar. After participating in this webinar, community health center attendees will be able to:  

  • Summarize the details of each stage of the ECD Continuum of Care, differentiating the components of each stage and applying community health center perspectives.  
  • Identify strategies for integrating components of the care continuum into their own community health center framework.   


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Sara del Campo de Gonzalez, MD, FAAP

Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio

Sara del Campo de Gonzalez, MD, FAAP, is a general pediatrician at Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. She relocated to San Antonio from Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2021. Previously, she was the medical director of the Young Children’s Health Center, a community-based behavioral health integrated pediatric medical home at the University of New Mexico. Dr. del Campo de Gonzalez has served in various roles with the American Academy of Pediatrics as an advisor, faculty presenter, and course developer in the areas of developmental surveillance, screening, and referral systems, as well as social determinants of health screening in pediatrics. She currently serves as division chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine at San Antonio, as well as Associate Program Director of the pediatric residency program. Additionally, she heads the advocacy and community engagement learning experience for residents. In San Antonio, she has continued program development in alignment with her interests in trauma-informed care, excessive childhood stress activation, early childhood development, advocacy, resilience, and protective factors. Dr. del Campo de Gonzalez is also a member of the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center’s National Advisory Board.  

David Willis, MD, FAAP

Senior Fellow

Center for the Study of Social Policy

David Willis, MD, FAAP, serves as a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), is the founder of Nurture Connection, and is a national expert in pediatrics, early childhood systems, and early relational health. Dr. Willis is also a member of the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center’s National Advisory Board.  

Kay Johnson

President

Johnson Policy Consulting

Kay Johnson, MPH, MEd, is nationally recognized as a maternal and child health policy (MCH) analyst, advocate, and consultant. Her work at Children’s Defense Fund, March of Dimes, George Washington University, and Johnson Consulting have helped to shape the direction of MCH and Medicaid policy since 1984. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of women’s and children’s policies at the federal and state levels. Reducing poverty and racism and increasing access are two of her lifelong goals. 

Note: Please read the Disclosure and Requirements PDF (attached below) before beginning the webinar.

After viewing the webinar, to receive MOC 2 and CME credit you must:

  1. Complete the MOC 2 Quiz*
  2. Complete the CME Evaluation
  3. Follow the CME Guidelines listed in the Disclosures and Requirements page.

 CME credits for these modules are claimed online through the AAP Transcript System via PediaLink. If you do not have an account or AAP ID number, you will need to create one, in order to complete the post-event evaluation for each module, claim CME credits and print CME certificates. If you need to create an AAP ID, please see section 1.B in the CME instruction sheet. If you have any questions or have an urgent request please contact Caroline Wator at cwator@aap.org.

*ABP ID is required for MOC 2 points.

ZERO TO THREE leads the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center in partnership with several of the nation’s top early childhood and health system organizations — the American Academy of Pediatrics, Help Me Grow National Center, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Family Voices, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, and Institute for Child Success.  

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This program was made possible through the support of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $5,300,000 with 0% financed from non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov. 

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