Benjamin Van Voorhees
Biographic Data
| ID | 3559663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Van Voorhees |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Voorhees |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VOORHEES B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor, ([email protected]), University of Illinois at Chicago 840 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60612. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Effect of Neighborhood Disorganization on Care Engagement Among Children With Chronic Conditions Living in a Large Urban City
Neighborhood context plays an important role in producing and reproducing current patterns of health disparity. In particular, neighborhood disorganization affects how people engage in health care. We examined the effect of living in highly disorganized neighborhoods on care engagement, using data from the Coordinated Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK) program, which is a care delivery model for children with chronic conditions on Medicaid in Ch…
Trends in School Attendance for Low‐Income Children with Chronic Health Conditions
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to determine how school attendance changed over time for children on Medicaid with chronic health conditions enrolled in a comprehensive care coordination program called Coordinated HEalthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK). METHODS: Medicaid beneficiaries from one managed care organization were randomized into 2 arms: CHECK program services or usual care. The final sample was 1322. RESULTS: The mean age was 10.9 (SD…
The Role of Human Support on Engagement in an Online Depression Prevention Program for Youth
Background: Depression is a significant public health problem for adolescents. The goal of this study was to evaluate the moderating role of human support in an online depression prevention program on both depression outcomes and overall engagement with the intervention. CATCH-IT is an Internet-based depression prevention program that has been shown to reduce symptoms for adolescents who report elevated depression symptom scores, compared to a he…
Exploring Racial Disparities in Mental Health Diagnoses and Neighborhood Disorganization Among an Urban Cohort of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Medical Conditions
Objective: This article describes the demographic distribution of, and association between, neighborhood disorganization and mental health diagnosis by race in a large cohort of urban children with chronic medical conditions. Methods: Data for this study were from Coordinated Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK), a health care demonstration project funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. We conducted regression analyses to exami…
Integration of mental health services into an innovative health care delivery model for children with chronic conditions
The Role of Human Support on Engagement in an Online Depression Prevention Program for Youth
Background: Depression is a significant public health problem for adolescents. The goal of this study was to evaluate the moderating role of human support in an online depression prevention program on both depression outcomes and overall engagement with the intervention. CATCH-IT is an Internet-based depression prevention program that has been shown to reduce symptoms for adolescents who report elevated depression symptom scores, compared to a he…
Integration of mental health services into an innovative health care delivery model for children with chronic conditions
Integration of mental health services into an innovative health care delivery model for children with chronic conditions
Exploring Racial Disparities in Mental Health Diagnoses and Neighborhood Disorganization Among an Urban Cohort of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Medical Conditions
Objective: This article describes the demographic distribution of, and association between, neighborhood disorganization and mental health diagnosis by race in a large cohort of urban children with chronic medical conditions. Methods: Data for this study were from Coordinated Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK), a health care demonstration project funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. We conducted regression analyses to exami…
Trends in School Attendance for Low‐Income Children with Chronic Health Conditions
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to determine how school attendance changed over time for children on Medicaid with chronic health conditions enrolled in a comprehensive care coordination program called Coordinated HEalthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK). METHODS: Medicaid beneficiaries from one managed care organization were randomized into 2 arms: CHECK program services or usual care. The final sample was 1322. RESULTS: The mean age was 10.9 (SD…
The Role of Human Support on Engagement in an Online Depression Prevention Program for Youth
Background: Depression is a significant public health problem for adolescents. The goal of this study was to evaluate the moderating role of human support in an online depression prevention program on both depression outcomes and overall engagement with the intervention. CATCH-IT is an Internet-based depression prevention program that has been shown to reduce symptoms for adolescents who report elevated depression symptom scores, compared to a he…
The Effect of Neighborhood Disorganization on Care Engagement Among Children With Chronic Conditions Living in a Large Urban City
Neighborhood context plays an important role in producing and reproducing current patterns of health disparity. In particular, neighborhood disorganization affects how people engage in health care. We examined the effect of living in highly disorganized neighborhoods on care engagement, using data from the Coordinated Healthcare for Complex Kids (CHECK) program, which is a care delivery model for children with chronic conditions on Medicaid in Ch…
Medicine (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medicaid (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Demography (2 works)