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American Academy of Pediatrics and Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice. n.d.. AAP Child Health Mapping Project. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 v.

Annotation: This resource provides a geographic representation of child health in the United States. Contents include national and state-specific data on pediatric health care delivery at the Primary Care Service Area level. A range of maps is available including the number of children under age 18 per pediatrician, the number of children in linguistically-isolated households, median household income, the number of pediatric residents and fellows, and estimated vaccine coverage rates. An interactive mapping tool is available to members of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Data sources, Geographic regions, Health care disparities, Immunization, Integrated information systems, Interactive media, Language barriers, Low income groups, Patient care planning, Pediatricians, Statewide planning, Work force

Big Cities Health Coalition. n.d.. Winnable battles case studies. Washington, DC: National Association of County and City Health Officials, Big Cities Health Coalition, 115 pp.

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2025. Pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system – Informing impact, improving lives. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a population-based surveillance system that collects state- and site-specific data on women's experiences and health before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The document explains that PRAMS was launched in 1987 and codified into law through the 2006 PREEMIE Act, operating as a joint project between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state, territorial, tribal, and local health departments. It covers PRAMS operations in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and New York City, representing about 81% of all U.S. births. The fact sheet emphasizes PRAMS' alignment with the Title V MCH Services Block Grant by providing unique state-level data that Title V programs rely on to track key maternal and infant health indicators such as postpartum depression, mental health screening, and infant safe sleep practices.

Keywords: Data collection, Data sources, Health surveys, Population surveillance, Pregnancy, Questionnaires, State surveys, Statistical data

Holt K, Barzel R, Battani K, Kolo S. 2024. Promoting oral health during pregnancy: Using PRAMS to collect population-based data. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 12 pp. (Promoting oral health during pregnancy)

Annotation: This report is part of a series that provides an overview of activities to promote oral health during pregnancy. This issue focuses on the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a surveillance project that collects population-based data on maternal and child health indicators. The issue describes the PRAMS questionnaire and PRAMS alternative questionnaires and features resources, including publications and data dashboards, that states have produced to share their PRAMS findings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Data, Data sources, Health promotion, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Questionnaires

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity. 2023. Racial equity data road map: Data as a tool towards ending structural racism. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity, 68 pp.

Annotation: This road map outlines how data can be used as a tool to help end structural racism. It consists of a collection of guiding questions, tools, and resources to assist programs in taking concrete steps to better identify, understand, and act to address racial inequities. The road map contains seven sections: (1) Looking at health issues with a focus on the impact of racism; (2) Determining if a program is ready to use data to address racism; (3) Understanding what the data says about differences in health outcomes by race and ethnicity; (4) Using other sources of data to uncover causes of the differences; (5) Making plans to act on differences that are unjust or avoidable; (6) Presenting data in ways that help people make sense of the numbers; and (7) Moving from data to action.

Keywords: Data, Data analysis, Data collection, Data sources, Ethnic factors, Health equity, Massachusetts, Outcome evaluation, Racial factors, Racism, State initiatives

[Maternal and Child Health Bureau]. 2022. Federally available data (FAD) resource document (rev ed). [Rockville, MD: Maternal and Child Health Bureau], 173 pp.

Annotation: This document provides federally available data, detailed data notes, stratifier information, and Statistical Analysis System coding for national maternal and child health–related outcome and performance measures. Topics include preventive medical and dental visits, cesarean deliveries, perinatal regionalization, breastfeeding, safe infant sleep, developmental screening, hospitalization for nonfatal injuries, physical activity, bullying, medical home, transitions to adult health care, smoking, and adequate insurance.

Keywords: Clinical coding, Data sources, Measures

RAND Health Care . 2022. Linking Medicaid claims, birth certificates, and other sources to advance maternal and infant health. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 60 pp.

Annotation: This report examines state-based policies and activities linking Medicaid claims and live birth certificate data; identifies examples of states that have conducted and validated such linkages; describes barriers that hinder data linkages and strategies for improving linkage efforts; and explores the use of linked databases for patient-centered outcomes research in the field of maternal and infant health. The findings are based on structured literature reviews and discussions with select state representatives involved in data linkage efforts.

Keywords: , Data collection, Data linkage, Data sources, State initiatives

Georgia Department of Public Health. [2021]. Oral health, Georgia PRAMS 2017-2019. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Department of Public Health, 4 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about PRAMS in Georgia. It offers background on the importance of oral health care during pregnancy. Data from Georgia’s 2017–2019 PRAMS on the percentage of Georgia women who reported having a dental cleaning during pregnancy and the percentage who reported having dental insurance during pregnancy are presented. Also included is the percentage of Georgia women who needed to see a dentist for a problem during pregnancy and, of those, the percentage who visited a dentist or dental clinic; the percentage who knew it was important to care for there teeth and gums during pregnancy; and the percentage who were told by a health professional how to care for their teeth and gums during pregnancy.

Keywords: Data, Data sources, Dental insurance, Georgia, Health care utilization, Oral health, Pregnant women, State information

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. 2020. ASTDD state surveillance data reference guide (upd. ed.). Reno, NV: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 16 pp.

Annotation: This resource guide provides information on sources of oral health data that are available at the state level and that can be used for a state-based oral-health-surveillance system. Contents include indicators by topic area and population group and information on the primary data source.

Keywords: Data sources, Oral health, Population surveillance, State programs

South Dakota Department of Health. 2020. Oral health report. Pierre, SD: South Dakota Department of Health, 8 pp.

March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center. 2019-. 20__ March of Dimes report card. [White Plains, NY]: March of Dimes, annual.

Annotation: This annual report card measures the progress in reducing the nation's preterm birth rate by comparing each state's rate to the goal. Topics include prevention strategies and recommendations. Topics include women who are uninsured, late preterm birth, women who smoke, and preterm birth rates by race and ethnicity. Indicators, definitions, and data sources for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are included. Information about the grading methodology is also provided. State fact sheets are included in the report.

Keywords: Data sources, Ethnic factors, Premature infants, Prematurity, Preterm birth, Prevention, State surveys, Statistical data, Trends

Florida Department of Health, Public Health Dental Program. 2019. Prenatal oral health care trends, Florida, 2009-2015. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Health, 3 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information about prenatal oral health care trends in Florida between 2009 and 2015. It explains what PRAMS is, offers background on the importance of oral health care during pregnancy, and discusses trends in oral health care before and during pregnancy based on the state’s PRAMS data collected during this period. Data related to discussion by a health professional about having a dental visit before pregnancy, and about receipt of oral health care during and after pregnancy, are provided.

Keywords: Data, Data sources, Florida, Health care utilization, Oral health, Pregnancy counseling, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, State information, Trends

Vermont Department of Health. 2019. Vermont PRAMS: Maternal oral health care, 2012-2015. Burlington, VT: Vermont Department of Health, 5 pp.

Annotation: This report provides data for Vermont on oral health care before and during pregnancy for 2012–2015 and overall estimates for 34 PRAMS sites for 2015, which allow comparisons between Vermont and other PRAMS sites. The report shows that women in Vermont were more likely than women in other PRAMS sites to know it is important to care for their teeth and gums during pregnancy, more likely to talk to a health care worker about care of teeth and gums, and more likely to have insurance for oral health care during pregnancy.

Keywords: Data, Data sources, Dental insurance, Health care utilization, Oral health, Pregnant women, State information, Vermont

Eichner H, Handler M, Honsberger K, Normile B, Bussanich P. 2018. The national standards for children and youth with special health care needs: A compendium of national data and quality measure sets. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 12 pp.

Annotation: This measures compendium provides states and other key stakeholders with a reference tool that highlights relevant quality measures aligned with key domains of the National Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN). Topics include family-professional partnerships, cultural competence, indentification, screening, assessment, referral, insurance coverage, access to care, medical home, community-based services and supports, transition to adulthood, and health information technology.

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Data sources, Standards, Young adults

Virginia Department of Health. 2018. Maternal oral health care: Virginia--PRAMS, 2012-2015. Richmond, VA: Virginia Department of Health, 4 pp.

Annotation: This report provides PRAMS data for 2012–2014 and 2015 in Virginia. It presents data for teeth cleaning before and during pregnancy, oral health care during pregnancy, and barriers to oral health care for Virginia as well as for 34 PRAMS sites for 2015. The report includes graphics illustrating core and standard question data and proposes four public-health-action items.

Keywords: Data, Data sources, Health care utilization, Oral health, Pregnant women, Public health, State information, Virginia

Oregon Health Authority, Oral Health Program. 2016. Oregon oral health surveillance system 2002–2015. Portland, OR: Oregon Health Authority, Center for Prevention and Health Promotion, 7 pp.

Annotation: This document provides data on key indicators of oral health in Oregon for the period 2002 through 2015. Contents include a description of each indicator and the source and frequency of data available by year. Topics include preventive oral health services for pregnant women, toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults. Data on work force, Medicaid, cancer, cleft lip/palate, and water fluoridation are included.

Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Data sources, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, Oregon, Population surveillance, Pregnant women, Preventive health services, Special health care needs, State surveys, Statistical data, Toddlers, Work force

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 2016. Health insurance marketplaces 2016 open enrollment period: Final enrollment report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 3 items.

Annotation: This issue brief highlights national- and state-level enrollment-related information for the Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. An addendum contains detailed state-level tables highlighting cumulative enrollment-related information, including enrollment in stand-alone dental plans. These data are available for states using the HealthCare.gov enrollment and eligibility platform as well as for states using their own platforms.

Keywords: Data sources, Dental insurance, Enrollment, Health care reform, Health insurance

Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health and Autism Speaks. 2016. Experience matters: A view into the health and wellbeing of US children and families with autism spectrum disorder. Baltimore, MD: Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, 117 pp.

Annotation: This chartbook for families, advocates, policymakers, and researchers provides a national portrait of how children in the United States receive their diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), how their daily lives are impacted, and how their families are doing. Topics include the prevalence of ASD, diagnosing ASD, the child's health, health care and related services, school and social wellbeing, and coping with ASD. The appendices contain information on the ASD data presented in the chartbook including a glossary, a crosswalk of the data sources, methodological information, and guidance for accessing the data. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents with special health care needs, Autism, Child health, Child with special health care needs, Coping, Data sources, Diagnosis, Early intervention services, Family health, Prevalence, Relationships, Special health care services, Statistical data

Dental Quality Alliance. 2016. Dental Quality Alliance: 2016 annual measures review–Final report from the DQA Measures Development and Maintenance Committee. Chicago, IL: American Dental Association, 16 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes outcomes of an annual review of a set of measures whose goal is to prevent and manage dental caries in children. Topics include utilization and access, cost, and quality of oral health services for children enrolled in public and private insurance programs. Contents include information about the purpose of the review, the review process, the call for public comments, user groups, code updates, and efforts to streamline the starter set of measures.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Costs, Data collection, Data sources, Dental caries, Dental sealants, Disease management, Disease prevention, Enrollment, Health care utilization, Health insurance, Measures, Oral health, Oral health care, Outcome and process assessment, Preventive health services, Quality assurance, Risk assessment

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Nutrient Data Laboratory. 2016. USDA food composition databases (rev.). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, multiple items. (Released September 2015; slightly revised May 2016. (JMB))

Annotation: This website allows users to search U.S. Department of Agriculture food-composition databases, including the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and the Branded Food Products Database. Users can search the databases by food item, food group, or manufacturer's name to find the nutrient information for food items. Users can also generate lists of foods sorted by nutrient content. In addition, data from the Special Interest Databases are shown, along with the corresponding food items from the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

Keywords: Data sources, Federal programs, Food additives, Nutrients, Nutrition
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