Summaries of Independent Scientist (K) Awards

Flores, Glenn

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Grant Title: Insuring Uninsured Children
Grant Number: K08 HS011305
Duration: 5 years (2000-2005)
Total Award: $299,500

Project Description: The project has two main goals:

1. To use focus groups to identify the reasons why parents are unable to obtain health insurance for their uninsured children, with an emphasis on Latinos.
2. To conduct a randomized control trial to evaluate whether case managers are more effective than traditional methods in insuring uninsured children.

Career Goals: Dr. Flores career goals are to become a recognized leader in child health services research through understanding as an investigator, clinician, mentor, and advocate. He has endeavored to conduct research that has the potential to have an immediate impact on children's health, particularly minority, poor, and underserved by the health care system. He will refine his research skills by conducting the focus groups and randomized controlled trial (RCT), attending regular meetings with senior advisory team, completing coursework, mentoring minority health services researchers, and developing and using collaborative policy links.

Progress to Date: Dr. Flores is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology & Health Policy, at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The focus group and RCT have been completed and manuscripts are under review. The 12-month followup of the RCT research is expected to be completed in 2004. Dr. Flores has had several publications as a result of this research.

Future Plans: The research team will continue the monitoring of outcomes and data entry/coding/cleaning. Manuscript preparation will also continue. Dr. Flores will continue meeting with his advisors and mentoring minority health services researchers.

Highlights and Specific Accomplishments:

• Professional Societies:
  • American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Association.
  • American Public Health Association.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Study Section (Health Care Research Training).
• AHRQ Special Emphasis Panel, Understanding and Eliminating Minority Health Disparities.
• Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar.

K-Generated Publications:

• Flores G. Providing culturally competent pediatric care: Integrating pediatricians, institutions, families, and communities into the process. Journal of Pediatrics 2003;143:1-2.
• Flores G, Abreu M, Chaisson CE, Sun D. Keeping children out of hospitals: Parents' and physicians' perspectives on how pediatric hospitalizations for ambulatory sensitive conditions can be avoided. Pediatrics 2003;112:1021-30.
• Flores G, Abreu M, Sun D, Tomany SC. Urban parents' knowledge and practices regarding managed care. Medical Care 2004;42:336-45.
• Flores G. Culture, ethnicity and linguistic issues in pediatric care: Urgent priorities, unanswered questions, and a research agenda. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2004 Jul-Aug;4(4);276-82.
• Flores G. The Impact of Medical Interpreter Services on the Quality of Health Care: A Systematic Review. Medical Care Research and Review 2005 Jun;62(3):255-99.

AHRQ Research Portfolios: Socio-economics of Health Care; Training.
AHRQ Goals: Efficiency

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