Public MCH Program Functions Framework: Essential Public Health Services to Promote Maternal and Child Health in America-Summary

This report discusses how public policies developed and administered by local, State, and Federal health agencies can increase the delivery of health services to women, children, and adolescents. It focuses on the delivery of services for maternal and child health, notes the organizations that cooperated in the development of the framework, emphasizes the basic tenets that shaped the development of the framework, considers ten essential services for the primary groups, and describes methodology and applications of the framework.