Resources

Databases and reports related to maternal and child health issues
  • America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007
    This report, published by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, provides a summary of national indicators of child well-being and monitors changes in these indicators. The main body of the report focuses on 7 domains of child well-being, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. Descriptions of the data sources and surveys used the generate the background measures and the indicators are included.
  • Maternal and Child Health Library
    Georgetown University's Maternal and Child Health Library publishes the MCH Alert; produces databases; develops knowledge paths, bibliographies, and provides access to key MCH-related data and information.
  • Maternal and Child Health Data Report
    This PDF report provides information on the health status and service needs of pregnant women, infants, children, including children with special health care needs, and adolescents in Washington State. The report has three sections: health outcomes and health behaviors, publicly funded social and health services, and appendices.
  • MCH Timeline: History, Legacy, and Resources for Education and Practice
    This interactive Web site, developed by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), displays a timeline of historical events in maternal and child health in the US from 1798 to the present. These events may be further explored by group (public health and medicine, government and policy), by topic (infant mortality, systems of care, performance and accountability), by decade, or by title. Detailed narratives containing images, historical perspectives, current issues, and related resources are provided for select topics and events.
  • The Oral Health of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005
    This new HRSA publication examines national and state data and includes breakdowns by ethnic and racial groups. Parents of 102,353 children ages 0 - 17 participated in the 2003-04 survey, supported by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau and conducted by CDC's national Center for health Statistics. A hard copy is available by contacting Steph Toomer.
  • National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
    This center provides support to state and community health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families. The resource center collaborates with federal, state, and local agencies; national and state organizations and associations; and foundations to gather, develop, and share information and materials.
  • The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and Future
    This report, written by Jeanne M. Lambrew, George Washington University, with support from The Commonwealth Fund, is a good, up-to-date summary of the SCHIP program. It includes the President's recent veto of a plan to expand SCHIP.
  • Quick Health Data Online
    This database, provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HRSA) Office on Women's Health, includes comprehensive county-level health data for both women and men from 1998-2004 on a variety of topics: mortality, infectious and chronic diseases, mental health, reproductive health, maternal health, violence and abuse, illness prevention, and access to care.
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