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05/28/25 event

grand rounds - Overcoming barriers to medical care for children living in the foster care system

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

One Children's Plaza (virtual option also available), Dayton, OH, 45404

Presented By:

Nora Vish, MD, MPH, FAAP- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, WSU BSOM; Lead Physician, Foster and Kinship Care Clinic, Dayton Children’s Hospital

Rich Bowlen, MS-Senior Vice President, Child and Family Services, Cordata Health, Cincinnati, Ohio

Otis Sheppard, BS, MAEd-Health Outcomes Supervisor, Montgomery County Children’s Services, Dayton, Ohio

Objectives:

  1. Describe reasons why children enter foster care.
  2. Cite the increased medical, developmental, and mental health needs of children in out-of-home care and how past traumas increase the risk of poor health outcomes.
  3. Explain the unique barriers to medical care for children in out-of-home care. 
  4. Recognize unique considerations around consent and confidentially regarding children in out-of-home care.

 

 

   

 

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