Badawi Deborah G, Georgewill Otonyemiete, Jones Felicia
Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1211 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2025 Jan;29(1):12-16. doi: 10.1007/s10995-024-04025-y. Epub 2024 Nov 26.
The purpose of this study was to investigate stakeholder willingness to share information among various social service providers, and to determine perceived barriers to accessing these services in our state.
The Maryland Family Network and the Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics partnered to collect information on family information sharing preferences and barriers to services. We received 22 Survey Monkey responses and had 41 focus group participants aged 25 to 44 years and all regions of the state were represented. Nearly half of participants were Black or African American and participants indicated a broad range of family income.
Most participants were a part of multiple assistance programs and were comfortable with all their information being shared, except their social security number. One third of participants noted they did not face barriers to accessing services. The other two thirds noted confusing applications, technology limitations and the need for self-advocacy as significant barriers.
Families are very comfortable sharing information among early childhood service providers, and in fact favor having a single basic application that allows them to check off the agencies to which they would like to apply. Barriers to accessing services are logistical as well as cultural.
本研究旨在调查利益相关者在不同社会服务提供者之间共享信息的意愿，并确定本州在获取这些服务方面存在的感知障碍。
马里兰州家庭网络与美国儿科学会马里兰州分会合作，收集有关家庭信息共享偏好和服务障碍的信息。我们收到了22份来自Survey Monkey的回复，并有41名年龄在25至44岁之间的焦点小组参与者，该州所有地区均有代表。近一半的参与者是黑人或非裔美国人，参与者的家庭收入范围广泛。
大多数参与者都参与了多个援助项目，并且除了社会安全号码外，对所有信息的共享都感到放心。三分之一的参与者表示他们在获取服务方面没有遇到障碍。另外三分之二的参与者指出，申请流程复杂、技术限制以及自我维权的必要性是重大障碍。
家庭非常愿意在幼儿服务提供者之间共享信息，实际上更倾向于有一个单一的基本申请，使他们能够勾选想要申请的机构。获取服务的障碍既有后勤方面的，也有文化方面的。
