{"id":1242,"date":"2026-09-30T21:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/?post_type=session&#038;p=1242"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:42:21","slug":"access-to-care-for-childrens-specialty-services-in-the-rio-grande-valley","status":"publish","type":"session","link":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/session\/access-to-care-for-childrens-specialty-services-in-the-rio-grande-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to pediatric specialty care remains a significant challenge in medically underserved communities, particularly in the Rio Grande Valley. This session explores healthcare provider perspectives on the barriers that prevent families from obtaining specialty services, including poverty, provider shortages, transportation limitations, and broader social and policy factors. Using the Levesque Health Access Model as a framework, the presentation identifies common obstacles affecting care coordination and continuity of care. Participants will gain insight into how these barriers impact children with complex health conditions and consider strategies for improving access to specialty services in underserved regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">Speakers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-b861f4ab wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1125 speaker type-speaker status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry event-access-to-care-for-childrens-specialty-services-in-the-rio-grande-valley event-lightning-talk speaker_type-all-speakers\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-element-6096a148\" href=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/speaker\/miryoung-lee-phd-ccd\/\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1acb7013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Lee_Miryoung_Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Miryoung Lee, PhD, CCD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:8px;border-top-right-radius:8px;border-bottom-left-radius:8px;border-bottom-right-radius:8px;aspect-ratio:3\/4;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Lee_Miryoung_Headshot.jpg 521w, https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Lee_Miryoung_Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Lee_Miryoung_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8dce8eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"gb-text gb-text-cdd2a52b\">Miryoung Lee, PhD, CCD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">View speaker profile <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-right\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-right \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" color=\"#d8613c\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M438.6 278.6c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3l-160-160c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3L338.8 224 32 224c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32l306.7 0L233.4 393.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0l160-160z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"sessions","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"block":[88],"event-tag":[93,95,94],"session-type":[123],"class_list":["post-1242","session","type-session","status-publish","hentry","block-block-1","event-tag-professional-development","event-tag-training-education","event-tag-workforce-development","session-type-lightning-talk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session\/1242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/session"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"block","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/block?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tag?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"session-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session-type?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}