Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, Awarded Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant

Mala Mathur, MD, MPH
Mala Mathur, MD, MPH

Congratulations to Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, who was awarded a Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $20,000. Funding for this one-year award is provided through grants from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Family Health Section, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program to the Wisconsin Medical Home Initiative (WisMHI) at Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin and the Youth Health Transition Initiative (YHTI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center. This project will address transition readiness by implementing formal readiness assessments and educating pediatric patients, both typical and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, and their families on the transition process during clinic visits starting at age 12, with the objective of creation of a workflow for appropriate educational materials to be provided to youth and families as guidance during this process.