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Pediatrics. 2014 Jan;133(1):e205-12. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1471. Epub 2013 Dec 9.
The CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) Program, which supports pediatricians who engage with the community to improve child health, increase access to health care, and promote advocacy through small seed grants, was last evaluated in 1998. The objective was to describe the characteristics of CATCH grant recipients and projects and assess the community impact of funded projects. Prospective data was collected from CATCH applications (grantee characteristics, topic area and target population for projects funded from 2006-2012) and post-project 2-year follow-up survey (project outcomes, sustainability, and impact for projects funded from 2008 through 2010). From 2006 through 2012, the CATCH Program awarded 401 projects to grantees working mostly in general pediatrics. Eighty-five percent of projects targeted children covered by Medicaid, 33% targeted uninsured children, and 75% involved a Latino population. Main topic areas addressed were nutrition, access to health care, and medical home. Sixty-nine percent of grantees from 2008 to 2010 responded to the follow-up survey. Ninety percent reported completing their projects, and 86% of those projects continued to exist in some form. Grantees reported the development of community partnerships (77%) and enhanced recognition of child health issues in the community (73%) as the most frequent changes due to the projects. The CATCH Program funds community-based projects led by pediatricians that address the medical home and access to care. A majority of these projects and community partnerships are sustained beyond their original CATCH funding and, in many cases, are leveraged into additional financial or other community support.
CATCH（社区儿童健康获取）计划支持儿科医生与社区合作，以改善儿童健康，增加医疗保健的可及性，并通过小额种子赠款促进宣传。该计划最后一次评估是在 1998 年。目的是描述 CATCH 赠款接受者和项目的特征，并评估资助项目对社区的影响。从 2006 年至 2012 年，前瞻性数据收集自 CATCH 申请（赠款接受者特征、项目的主题领域和目标人群）和项目完成后两年的后续调查（项目成果、可持续性和项目对 2008 年至 2010 年资助项目的影响）。2006 年至 2012 年，CATCH 计划向主要从事普通儿科工作的赠款接受者授予了 401 个项目。85%的项目针对医疗补助覆盖的儿童，33%的项目针对无保险的儿童，75%的项目涉及拉丁裔人口。主要解决的主题领域是营养、医疗保健的可及性和医疗之家。2008 年至 2010 年，69%的赠款接受者对后续调查做出了回应。90%的人报告完成了他们的项目，其中 86%的项目以某种形式继续存在。赠款接受者报告说，由于这些项目，社区伙伴关系得到了发展（77%），社区对儿童健康问题的认识得到了加强（73%）。CATCH 计划资助由儿科医生领导的、以医疗之家和获得医疗保健为重点的社区项目。这些项目和社区伙伴关系中的大多数在其原始 CATCH 资助之外得以维持，在许多情况下，还利用这些项目获得了额外的财政或其他社区支持。
