Hans B Kersten
Biographic Data
| ID | 6576097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans B Kersten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans B |
| FAMILY NAME | Kersten |
| SIGNATURE | KERSTEN H B |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7237-2896 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Establishing a Health Equity Office
Objectives: The Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative (PHEC) set out to describe the best practices for establishing a health equity-focused office within a clinical setting. Study Design: Survey and in-depth interviews of the members of the PHEC comprised pediatric care delivery systems in the United States and Canada. Methods: Human-centered design methods were utilized in an iterative fashion to develop and agree on survey and interview domain…
Characterization of Social Risk Factors Among Newborns Seen at an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Predictive of Appointment Nonattendance During the First 6 Months of Life
Purpose: Appointment attendance is critical in monitoring health and well-being of children. Low income Medicaid-insured families with newborns often experience social risks that may affect attendance. This project sought to characterize social risk factors present at first newborn visits predictive of future appointment nonattendance. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of minority and Medicaid-insured population at St. Christopher's Hospital fo…
Stability of food insecurity status in paediatric primary care
Objective: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends screening for food insecurity (FI) at all well-child visits due to well-documented negative effects of experiencing FI in childhood. Before age 3, children have twelve recommended primary care visits at which screening could occur. Little is known regarding the stability of FI status at this frequency of screening. Design: Data derived from electronic health records were used to retrospecti…
Primary Prevention of Lead Exposure—Blood Lead Results at Age Two Years
Objectives: The Philadelphia Lead Safe Homes (LSH) Study was designed to evaluate whether educational and environmental interventions in the first year of life for families of newborns increased knowledge of lead exposure prevention and were associated with less elevation of blood lead levels (BLLs) for these children, when compared to children receiving standard care. Methods: The current study performed descriptive statistics on the second-year…
The daily practice in home help services in the Netherlands
Many developments have taken place in home help services which have made further professionalization necessary. For this reason, a national study has been planned in the Netherlands to obtain a representative picture of the work of home helps and to examine overloading aspects of their workload. Five instruments were developed for this purpose and a pilot study was carried out to establish the reliability and content validity of the main instrume…
The daily practice in home help services in the Netherlands
Many developments have taken place in home help services which have made further professionalization necessary. For this reason, a national study has been planned in the Netherlands to obtain a representative picture of the work of home helps and to examine overloading aspects of their workload. Five instruments were developed for this purpose and a pilot study was carried out to establish the reliability and content validity of the main instrume…
The daily practice in home help services in the Netherlands
Many developments have taken place in home help services which have made further professionalization necessary. For this reason, a national study has been planned in the Netherlands to obtain a representative picture of the work of home helps and to examine overloading aspects of their workload. Five instruments were developed for this purpose and a pilot study was carried out to establish the reliability and content validity of the main instrume…
Primary Prevention of Lead Exposure—Blood Lead Results at Age Two Years
Objectives: The Philadelphia Lead Safe Homes (LSH) Study was designed to evaluate whether educational and environmental interventions in the first year of life for families of newborns increased knowledge of lead exposure prevention and were associated with less elevation of blood lead levels (BLLs) for these children, when compared to children receiving standard care. Methods: The current study performed descriptive statistics on the second-year…
Stability of food insecurity status in paediatric primary care
Objective: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends screening for food insecurity (FI) at all well-child visits due to well-documented negative effects of experiencing FI in childhood. Before age 3, children have twelve recommended primary care visits at which screening could occur. Little is known regarding the stability of FI status at this frequency of screening. Design: Data derived from electronic health records were used to retrospecti…
Characterization of Social Risk Factors Among Newborns Seen at an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Predictive of Appointment Nonattendance During the First 6 Months of Life
Purpose: Appointment attendance is critical in monitoring health and well-being of children. Low income Medicaid-insured families with newborns often experience social risks that may affect attendance. This project sought to characterize social risk factors present at first newborn visits predictive of future appointment nonattendance. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of minority and Medicaid-insured population at St. Christopher's Hospital fo…
Establishing a Health Equity Office
Objectives: The Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative (PHEC) set out to describe the best practices for establishing a health equity-focused office within a clinical setting. Study Design: Survey and in-depth interviews of the members of the PHEC comprised pediatric care delivery systems in the United States and Canada. Methods: Human-centered design methods were utilized in an iterative fashion to develop and agree on survey and interview domain…
Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works)