Data, Evaluation & Epidemiology

Thirteenth Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference
Making Methods and Practice Matter for Women, Children, and Families
December 12-14, 2007, Atlanta

Resource Centers

• Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health (HRSA grantee Web site)
• Maternal & Child Health Information Resource Center
• National Survey of Children's Health Data Resource Center (HRSA grantee Web site)

Training

• An Opportunity for MCH State Leaders: Co-sponsor a State Leadership Workshop on Improving EPSDT
• Dataspeak On-line Audio Conferences
• Graduate Student Internship Program
• Enhancing Partnerships between Title V, Medicaid, and Local Health Departments through EPSDT archived Webcast
• Maternal & Child Health Bureau/Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Epidemiology Training Short Course for 40 State and local Title V MCH workers each year. Topics may include: Basic statistics & epidemiology, needs assessment, target setting, program evaluation, multivariate modeling, and trend analysis. 2005 Training was in June. For 2006 information, phone 1-866-277-4772, 9 am to 5:30 pm ET.
• State Training in Recent Advances in Statistical Analysis Applied to Health Disparities trains State and local MCH officials in the application of multilevel statistical analysis to health disparities in preterm birth. Uses new analytic models to examine the multidimensional and contextual (environmental) aspects of disparity issues in preterm birth. An important component of this project is translation of the implications of the study's rigorous analysis to recommendations for State and local officials in order to improve policies and intervention effectiveness.

Surveys

• National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs 2005-2006
• National Survey of Children’s Health
• Health Behaviors in School-Aged Children
• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
• National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
• National Survey of Early Childhood Health

Reports

• National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2005-2006
• Women's Health USA 2007
• Child Health USA 2006
• The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2005
• Women's Health USA 2006
• Child Health USA 2005
• Overweight and Physical Activity Among Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005
• The Oral Health of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005
• The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005
• Women's Health USA 2005
• Child Health USA 2004
• Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2001
• U.S. Teens in Our World Chartbook
• MCH Needs Assessment and its Uses in Program Planning: Promising Approaches and Challenges
• Healthy People 2010:Maternal, Infant & Child Health

Projects

• Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics America's Children: Key National Indicators of Children's Well-Being 2005
• National MCH Center for Child Death Review
  Local and state child death review teams review sudden unexpected child death with a goalof preventing future deaths in their communities. The national center, supported by a HRSA/Maternal & Child Health Bureau grant, provides technical support and capacity building for local and state teams. A child death review case reporting system has been developed with input from teams to support state and local team data maintenance and standardized reporting. It provides the opportunity for multistate review of circumstances surrounding the deaths of children, providing sufficient detail on circumstances for effective targeting of local and state interventions.

Journal Articles

• Technical Assistance for State and Local MCH Agencies in publishing journal articles
• Journal Articles & Book Chapters published by MCHB Data and Program Development staff

Other U.S. Government Child Health Data Links

• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics