Healthy Kids Program Evaluation

The Urban Institute and its partners - the University of Southern California, the University of California at Los Angeles, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and Castillo & Associates - are conducting an evaluation of the Healthy Kids Initiative. The study encompasses both qualitative and quantitative components (i.e., surveys, focus groups and case studies) and examines issues related to Healthy Kids access and utilization over time.

Evaluation Documents

Surveys

Wave 1 Survey: A Profile of Young Children in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program
The first wave of the Healthy Kids Program Survey was conducted from April to December 2005. The focus of this wave of the survey was to provide a description of the children and families participating in the Healthy Kids program, parents’ satisfaction with the program, and implications for service delivery.

• Los Angeles Healthy Kids Improves Access to Care for Young Children(pdf)
  Policy brief from Wave 1 survey of new and established Healthy Kids enrollees.
• A Profile of Young Children in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program: Who Are They and What Are Their Experiences in the Program? (pdf)
  Report from Wave 1 survey of new and established Healthy Kids enrollees.

Wave 2 Survey: The Impact of the Healthy Kids Program
The second wave of the Healthy Kids Program Survey was conducted from May 2006 to January 2007. The focus of this wave of the survey was to study the impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program on newly enrolling children ages one to five years old.

• The Impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program on Access to Care, Use of Services and Health Status (pdf)
  Report from Wave 2 survey of new and established Healthy Kids enrollees.

Parent Focus Groups

Focus Groups were conducted with parents of children enrolled in the Los Angeles Healthy Kids program, parents of children in Medical, and parents of uninsured children in the Spring of 2005. The purpose of the focus groups was to explore parents’ feelings about and experiences with Healthy Kids and to learn how the program is meeting parents’ needs.

• What parents say about the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program (pdf)
  Policy brief related to parent focus groups for Healthy Kids (Wave 1).
• What Do Parents Say About the Healthy Kids Program – 2006 (pdf)
  Report from the first Evaluation Focus Groups.

Case Studies

• A Healthy Start for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program (pdf)
• Growing Pains for the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Programs (pdf)
• Los Angeles Healthy Kids ProgramGets a Healthy Start (pdf)