Improving Access to Specialty Care for Rural Children Using Enhanced Hearing Screening and Specialty Telehealth Follow-Up in Rural Kentucky Schools: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped Wedge, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (Appalachian STAR Trial)
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Description
A study protocol for the Appalachian Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals (STAR) trial which aims to improve access to specialty hearing care for children living in rural Kentucky. Focuses on school hearing screenings of kindergartners and follow-up referrals to specialty care.
Author(s)
Tarika Srinivasan, Samantha Kleindienst Robler, Elizabeth Turner, et al.
Citation
JMIR Research Protocols, 14
Date
08/2025
Tagged as
Appalachia
· Children and youth
· Health screening
· Hearing impairment
· Schools
· Specialty care
· Kentucky