This document summarizes findings from recent projects supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that focused on children and adolescents.
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Introduction
Acute Care/Injuries
Adolescent Health
Asthma
Chronic Illness
Costs, Use, and Access to Care
Emergency Care/Hospitalization
Mental Health
Newborns and Infants
Obesity/Overweight
Oral Health
Otitis Media/Respiratory Infection
Preventive and Developmental Services
Quality of Care/Patient Safety
Research Priorities and Capacity-Building
Other Research
Children and adolescents are growing and developing, and their health care needs, use of services, and outcomes are very different from those of adults. Furthermore, adolescents have different health care needs than younger children. Thus, specialized research is necessary to improve health care services for children and adolescents.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is helping to fill the major gap that exists in evidence-based information on health care for children and adolescents. AHRQ-supported projects focused on children and adolescents are helping to provide clinicians and policymakers with the knowledge and tools they need to:
Finding ways to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of health care for America's 70 million children and adolescents is a continuing priority for AHRQ. This program brief summarizes recent findings (2003 through 2006) from selected AHRQ-supported projects focused on health care for children and adolescents.
Select for information on the Agency's children's health services research agenda and funding opportunities. Also, www.ahrq.gov/child includes a State-by-State map of AHRQ-funded research projects by State and county and other child health services research information.
Further details on AHRQ's programs and priorities in child health services research are available from:
Denise M. Dougherty, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, Child Health and
Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 427-1868
Fax: (301) 427-1562
E-mail: ddougher@ahrq.gov
* Items in this program brief marked with an asterisk are available free from the AHRQ Clearinghouse. To order, contact the AHRQ Clearinghouse at 800-358-9295, or send an E-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov. Please use the AHRQ publication number when ordering.
** Items marked with two asterisks are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Call NTIS at 800-553-6847 or visit their Web site at www.ntis.gov for more information.
AHRQ Publication No. 07-P007
Current as of March 2007
Internet Citation:
Child Health Research Findings. Program Brief, AHRQ Publication No. 07-P007, March 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/childfind/
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