The Fall 2024 issue of the EPSDT Care for Kids newsletter has been published.
Check out the Fall 2024 issue of the EPSDT Care for Kids newsletter! The lead article, “Closing the Prevention Gap: Promoting Health Supervision Visits in Children,” was written by Temitope Awelewa, MBCHB, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, Clinical Associate Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Health Care. Dr. Awelewa’s article explores the important role well child visits play in children’s physical and socioemotional development. She includes examples of universal screenings, and the newly updated Iowa EPSDT Periodicity Schedule.
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) benefits are intended to ensure a continuum of care for infants, children and adolescents who are eligible for Medicaid.
Dr. Awelewa practices at UI Health Care Iowa River Landing Pediatrics. She serves as the general pediatrician on the EPSDT Health Provider Information and Training program, based at the Center for Disabilities and Development. She is Executive Editor of the EPSDT Care for Kids newsletter.
Read the Fall 2024 issue of the newsletter.
