Hot Links

• The Health of Immigrant Populations: Coverage, Access, and Outcomes
• Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
• International Perspectives on Youth Violence
• Trends in Twin Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Utilization
• Using Survey and Market Research to Tailor Pregnancy Prevention Efforts to Young Adolescents
• Using Adolescent Health Data to Influence Policy and Programs
• Mortality Reviews - Tools for MCH Programming
• MCH Data Resources on the Internet
• State Data Systems
• Healthy People 2000 Progress Review on Maternal and Infant Health
• Risk Adjustment for Children's Services
• Developing Effective Performance Measures
• Tools for Monitoring the Impact of Health Systems Changes
• Healthy People 2010
• Violence and Drunk Driving: State-Specific Cost Estimates to Promote Prevention
• U.S. Teens in Our World: Understand the Health of U.S. Youth in comparison to Youth in Other Countries
• Women's Health: Data Resources and Federal Initiatives
• Children with Special Health Care Needs: Findings from the National Survey on Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Implications of the New Federal Approach to Classifying Race/Ethnicity
• Managing and Measuring Pediatric Oral Health
• Perinatal HIV Screening: Efforts to Monitor Trends, Improve Provider Capacity, and Reduce Transmission
• Integrated Child Health Information Systems

• Immigrants' Health Care: Coverage and Access, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, August 2000.

• The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, 2001 http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/

• News Release on Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, 2001 (PDF)

• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1996
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm

• Bright Futures in Practice: Physical Activity
  http://www.brightfutures.org/physicalactivity/pdf/index.html

• CDC Training Module: Overweight Children and Adolescents: Screen, Assess and Manage
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/growthcharts/training/
  modules/module3/text/intro.htm

• Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm)

• Blueprints Project
  Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - University of Colorado at Boulder (http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/)

• The Center for Mental Health in Schools at the University of California at Los Angeles (http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu)

• Children's Safety Network: National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center (www.childrenssafetynetwork.org)

• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (http://www.safeyouth.org/)

• SafeUSA (http://www.cdc.gov/safeusa/)

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001). "Surveillance of Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm-Related Injuries, United States, 1993-1998."
  (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5002a1.htm)

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001). "Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General." Rockville, MD. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/

• "What You Can Do to Prevent Violence" (Booklet by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau) Order from the National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse at www.nmchc.org or by calling 1-888-434-4624

• Health Canada. Canadian Perinatal Health Report, 2000. Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2000. Pages xvii to xix and 69-70.This publication can be accessed at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/brch/reprod.html

• Add Health Study
  http://www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth

• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
  http://www.teenpregnancy.org

• Managing and Measuring Pediatric Oral Health
  Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health (Executive Summary)

• Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health (Full Report)

• Surgeon General's Conference on Children and Oral Health

• CDC Resources on Children and Oral Health

• Healthy People 2010

• Children's Dental Health Project, American Academy of Pediatrics

• More Web Links on Children's Oral Health (PDF)

• Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, March 1999, Vol. 5, No.2.
  Issue Focus: Geographic Information Systems in Public Health, Part 1.

• Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, July 1999, Vol. 5, No.4.
  Issue Focus: Geographic Information Systems in Public Health, Part 2.

• Arizona Child Fatality Review Team

• National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program
  http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_web.cfm?recno=10

• State FIMR Coordinators
  http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/
  dept_notice.cfm?recno=10&bulletin=176

• Maternal Mortality in Los Angeles County 1994-1996

• Healthy People 2000 data sources

• U.S. Census data

• CDC Data and Statistics

• Fact Sheets from CDC's Mortality & Morbidity Weekly Reports

• National Center for Health Statistics

• NCHS frequently asked health data questions

• Catalog of national data sets

State Data Systems

• New York State Department of Health

• Massachusetts Community Health Information profile (MassCHIP)

• Texas Department of Health State Health Data

• Washington State Department of Health Center for Health Statistics

• Missouri Information for Community Assessment

Healthy People 2000 Progress Review on Maternal and Infant Health

• Healthy People 2000 Progress Reviews: http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/hp2000/prog_rvw.htm

• Healthy People 2010: http://web.health.gov/healthypeople/

• March of Dimes: http://www.modimes.org

• NCHS: Healthy People 2000 Maternal and Infant Health Progress Review http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/otheract/hp2000/childhlt/childhlt.htm

• NCHS News Release 9/14/99: "Multiple Birth Rate for Older Women is Sky-Rocketing"  http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/releases/99facts/99sheets/multiple.htm

• "Data and Review of Progress on Healthy People 2000 Maternal and Infant Objectives: Overview presentation by Dr. Edward Sondick of NCHS." http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/otheract/hp2000/childhlt/childhlt.htm

Risk Adjustment for Children's Services

• CSHCS CAPITATED INTERIM RATES: Final Rate Calculations
  (you need Excel to open)

• 1999 CSHCS Rates (you need Excel to open)

Developing Effective Performance Measures

• Institute of Medicine Report: "Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring," Jane S. Durch, Linda A. Bailey, and Michael A. Stoto, Eds., National Academy Press, 1997.

Tools for Monitoring the Impact of Health Systems Changes

• The Family Health Outcomes Project Web Site

Healthy People 2010

• http://web.health.gov/healthypeople

Violence and Drunk Driving: State-Specific Cost Estimates to Promote Prevention

• CSN National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center housed at Educational Development Center in Newton, Mass. http://www.edc.org/hhd/csn

U.S. Teens in Our World: Understand the Health of U.S. Youth in comparison to Youth in Other Countries

• Currie C., et al (ed.). Health and Health Behaviour Among Young People. WHO Policy Series: Health Policy for Children and Adolescents, Issue 1. (Available at http://www.hbsc.org).
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on Health and Behavior. Health and Behavior: The interplay of biological, behavior, and societal influences. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001. Available at http://nap.edu.
• Health Behavior in School-aged Children Web Site: www.hbsc.org.
• U.S. Data Files from 1997/1998 HBSC survey: www.icpsr.umich.edu.
• National Adolescent Health Information Center: http://youth.ucsf.edu/nahic.
• Bright Futures: Prevention and Health Promotion for Infants, Children, Adolescents and their Families: http://brightfutures.aap.org.
• National Adolescent Health Information Center: http://youth.ucsf.edu/nahic.

Women's Health: Data Resources and Federal Initiatives

• Women's Health USA 2003 Publication: http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/data/women03.htm
• HRSA Office of Women's Health: http://www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth/
• Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness Initiative: http://www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth/brightfut.htm
• Press release announcing release of Women's Health USA 2003: http://newsroom.hrsa.gov/releases/2003/womenshealth.htm
• DHHS Office on Women's Health: http://www.4woman.gov/owh/
• DHHS Office on Women's Health Regional Coordinators: http://www.4woman.gov/owh/reg/
• National Womens' Health Information Resource Center: http://www.4woman.gov

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Findings from the National Survey on Children with Special Health Care Needs

• Information on and datasets from the National Survey of CSHCN, National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/cshcn.htm

Implications of the New Federal Approach to Classifying Race/Ethnicity

• For more information on OMB race standards: http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/inforeg (Statistical Policy Section, Data on Race and Ethnicity)
• National Vital Statistics System: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
• National Health Interview Survey: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm

Managing and Measuring Pediatric Oral Health

• Managing and Measuring Pediatric Oral Health
  Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health (Executive Summary)

• Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health (Full Report)

• Surgeon General's Conference on Children and Oral Health

• CDC Resources on Children and Oral Health

• Healthy People 2010

• Children's Dental Health Project, American Academy of Pediatrics

• More Web Links on Children's Oral Health (PDF)

Perinatal HIV Screening: Efforts to Monitor Trends, Improve Provider Capacity, and Reduce Transmission

• HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, Title IV Services for Women, Infants, Children, Youth and Their Families:
  http://hab.hrsa.gov/programs/factsheets/titleiv.htm
• CDC's Perinatal HIV Prevention Program: Information and Resources:
  http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/PROJECTS/perinatal/default.htm
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs CDC-funded initiative "State-level Capacity Building Toward the Elimination of Perinatal HIV Transmission":
  http://www.amchp.org/policy/women-prevention.htm
• South Carolina's STD/HIV Program (Prenatal Screening Recommendations available under "Information for Health Care Providers"):
  http://www.scdhec.net/hs/diseasecont/stdwk/html/stdindex.htm
• Utah Department of Health Communicable Disease Control:
  http://health.utah.gov/els/hivaids/
• Aids Education and Training Center National Resource Center:
  http://www.aidsetc.org/
• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
  http://www.acog.org
• Women, Children, and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment
  http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org

Integrated Child Health Information Systems

• All Kids Count/Public Health Informatics Institute. Integration of Newborn Screening and Genetic Service Systems with Other Maternal & Child Health Systems: A Sourcebook for Planning and Development. June 2003. Available at: http://www.phii.org/.
• All Kids Count/Public Health Informatics Institute. Integration of Newborn Screening and Genetic Service Systems with Other Maternal & Child Health Systems: A Tool for Assessment and Planning. October 2003. Available at: http://www.phii.org/.
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. § 201. Available at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/combinedregtext.pdf
• National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center. Fiscal Year 2004 Integration of Newborn Screening & Genetic Service Systems with Other Maternal and Child Health Systems Conference Summary, October 2003 and other related materials. Available at: http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/.
• Webcast of preconference skill building workshop at AMCHP Annual Meeting, February 29, 2004: "A Framework for Integrating Child Health Information Systems (CHIS)"
  http://128.248.232.90/archives/mchb/amchp2004/sun.htm
• The National Health Information Infrastructure
  aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii
• Toward a National Health Information Infrastructure, June 2000, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Toward a National Health Information Infrastructure, Interim Report
  http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/NHII2kReport.htm
• Public Health Informatics Institute
  http://www.phii.org
• Developing Child Health Information Systems: A Vision for Child Health Information Systems
  http://www.phii.org/actionplan.html