title: The Preventive Health Education and Medical Home Project: a predictive and contextual model for low-income families.
abstract: The Preventive Health Education and Medical Home Project (PHEMHP) is a predictive and contextual model intended to reduce low levels of health services utilization and improve preventive health techniques and disease self-management for low-income families in South Central Los Angeles, with the ultimate goal of attaching each child to a medical home. The model is designed to be implemented through educational and case management strategies. This paper presents the conceptual framework, critical intervention activities, and the different implementation variations the PHEMHP has already assumed. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California 91709, USA. dbtataw@yahoo.com
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Tataw
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bazargan
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005190:Family; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D020380:Needs Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development