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March 2002, Vol 92, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 399-403
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Improving the Health of Infants on Medicaid by Collocating Special Supplemental Nutrition Clinics With Managed Care Provider Sites

Alan P. Kendal, PhD, Alwin Peterson, MPA, Claudine Manning, MS, Fujie Xu, MD, Loretta J. Neville, MSA and Carol Hogue, PhD

Alan P. Kendal and Carol Hogue are, and at the time of the study Claudine Manning and Fujie Xu were, with the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. Loretta J. Neville is with the Michigan Public Health Institute, Ann Arbor. Alwin Peterson was with the Michigan WIC Program, Lansing, Mich.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Alan P. Kendal, PhD, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 (e-mail: apkenda{at}sph.emory.edu).

Objectives. This study tested whether collocation of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics at managed care provider sites improved health care for infants enrolled in Medicaid and WIC.

Methods. Weights and immunization rates were studied for the 1997 birth cohort of African American infants enrolled in WIC and Medicaid in Detroit, Mich. Infants using traditional WIC clinics and health services were compared with those enrolled under Medicaid in 2 managed care organizations (MCOs), of whom about half obtained WIC services at MCO provider sites.

Results. Compared with other infants, those who used collocated WIC sites either were closer to their age-appropriate weight or had higher immunization rates when recertified by WIC after their first birthday. Specific benefits (weight gain or immunizations) varied according to the priorities at the collocated sites operated by the 2 MCOs.

Conclusions. Collocation of WIC clinics at MCO sites can improve health care of low-income infants. However specific procedures for cooperation between WIC staff and other MCO staff are required to achieve this benefit. (Am J Public Health. 2002;92:399–403)




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