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Lu M, Chow J. 2025. Life Course History: Interview with David Barker. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, (Life Course History)

Annotation: This blog post features an interview with Dr. David Barker regarding the life course health development framework and the fetal origins of chronic disease,. It explores the translation of life course principles into research, specifically examining how prenatal nutrition and birth weight influence the risk of coronary heart disease in later life. The document highlights different life course models of health, contrasting the accumulation of damage with the development of physiological resilience. Recommendations are included for interdisciplinary collaboration and research priorities concerning placental health, cognitive function, and childhood obesity.

Keywords: Child health, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, History, Life course, Maternal health, Models, Prenatal influences, Prental care, Research, Social determinants of health

Allen EH, Haley JM, Verdeflor A, Dudley K. 2024. Improving maternal health and wellbeing through Medicaid/CHIP postpartum coverage extensions. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 34 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief examines the implementation of Medicaid/CHIP postpartum coverage extensions from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy in five states. Based on interviews with 37 maternal health stakeholders, the authors identify key challenges and opportunities to maximize the impact of these extensions on maternal health outcomes. The report finds that while eligibility systems are functioning, limited communication about extended coverage and barriers to accessing care may reduce effectiveness. The authors recommend specific actions to improve implementation, including expanding education about extended coverage, improving quality of postpartum care, supporting continuity of care with a focus on equity, strengthening managed care organization accountability, and monitoring implementation progress. This policy analysis emphasizes that while extending coverage is necessary for improving maternal health outcomes, additional delivery system reforms are needed to address persistent racial and ethnic disparities and ensure coverage translates into access to quality care throughout the postpartum year.

Keywords: Barriers, Children's Health Insurance Program, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Health equity, Maternal health, Medicaid, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Policy development, Postpartum care, Quality Assurance, Quality improvement, South Carolina, State initiatives, and Virginia

Allen C; Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. 2023. Knowing better, doing better: Hurdles of measuring equity in care. Washington, DC: Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health , (AIM for Safer Birth Podcast Series)

Annotation: In this podcast episode, host Christie Allen and Dr. Gillispie-Bell delve into the difficulties of measuring equity and addressing barriers in maternal-child health data. They discuss the challenges of capturing accurate data in a fragmented healthcare system, the limitations of electronic medical records (EMRs) in measuring quality metrics, and the importance of contextualizing data within the broader landscape of social determinants of health. The two share insights from their experiences in quality improvement and offer a candid conversation about the need for continuous quality improvement, sustainability of positive changes, and the potential for data-driven innovation in addressing severe maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the United States. This episode is part of the AIM for Safer Birth series of podcasts that dive deeper into the rising severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality rates in the United States through a data-driven, quality improvement lens.

Keywords: Barriers, Data, Data analysis, Data collection, Health equity, Maternal and child health research, Quality improvement

Ilango S, McManus P, Beck D, White P. 2021. Health care transition in state Title V programs: A review of 2021 Block Grant applications/2019 annual reports and recommendations. Washington, DC: Got Transition , 14 pp.

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and Dental Quality Alliance. 2020. Oral health quality indicators for the maternal and child health (MCH) population: An overview. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center; Chicago, IL: Dental Quality Alliance, 7 pp.

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the oral health quality indicators for the maternal and child health (MCH) population created by the Centers for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement, Quality Advisory Team (QIAT). The overview explains what the indicators are and their purpose. It also describes the framework QIAT created to support quality measurement and improvement, an environmental scan of existing quality indicators, pilot implementation, and challenges and opportunities. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Maternal and child health services, Pregnant women, Quality assurance, Quality improvement

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. 2020. Request for Information (RFI): Inviting comments and suggestions to inform the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Strategic Plan . Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 3 pp.

U.S. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). 2019. Medicaid payment initiatives to improve maternal and birth outcomes. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, 9 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief describes Medicaid initiatives to improve maternal and birth outcomes. Included are examples of state initiatives based on bundled payments, blended payment rates, reduced payment and nonpayment, pay for performance, and medical home models. Background information on maternity care, including cesarean deliveries, early elective deliveries, and prenatal and postpartum care is also provided.

Keywords: Childbirth, Cost containment, Fiscal Management, Health Insurance, Maternal health, Medicaid, Outcome and process assessment, Pregnancy, State initiatives

Chen A, Wilson D. 2017. How Medicaid expansion benefits maternal and child health. Washington, DC: National Health Law Program, 5 pp.

Annotation: This brief explains how the Affordable Care Act (ACA), through Medicaid expansion and expanded Medicaid coverage criteria for children, has improved maternal and child health (MCH). Topics include the impact of expanded coverage for women of reproductive age, particularly for preconception and interconception health care, and eligibility criteria for children ages 6 to 19 on MCH.

Keywords: Child health, Children, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Health care reform, Health insurance, Health status, Maternal health, Maternal health services, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Preconception care, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Reproductive health, Women's health

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of MCH Workforce Development. [2014]. Division of MCH Workforce Development: 2012–2020 strategic plan. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development, 8 pp.

Annotation: This strategic plan includes goals, strategies, activities and performance measures to support efforts of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Division of MCH Workforce Development to assure that all children, youth, and families will live and thrive in healthy communities served by a quality workforce that helps assure their health and well-being.

Keywords: Federal MCH programs, Federal agencies, Strategic plans, Training, U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Work force

Reid D. 2013. Using the Affordable Care Act and other opportunities to address maternal mortality. Washington, DC: National Health Law Program, 14 pp.

Annotation: This brief summarizes evidence that women of color disproportionately experience pregnancy or childbirth-related complications that ultimately end in their death, in particular African American women (regardless of their income level). Topics also include documenting maternal mortality to determine maternity performance measures and best practices and how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care and other health care financing opportunities can assist in improving maternal health,

Keywords: Access to health care, Blacks, Childbirth, Health care financing, Maternal mortality, Medicaid, Minority health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pregnancy complications, Pregnant women, Women's health

Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program. (2012). Celebrating 25 years. [Atlanta, GA]: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program, 1 video (5 min., 42 sec.).

Annotation: This online videorecording presents a reflective journey of 25 years of the federal Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCHEP), a collaborative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.. It shows how the MCHEP has built state, local, tribal, and territorial MCH capacity to improve the health outcomes for women, infants, children, and families.

Keywords: Federal programs, Health promotion, History, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program

Harwood R, Yu S, Kavanagh L. 2012 (ca.). Remembering our past, building the future: 100 years of the Maternal and Child Health Research Program. Unpublished paper, 49 pp.

Annotation: This three-part paper provides an overview of the 100-year history and mission of the federal Maternal and Child Health Research program, beginning with its origins in the U.S. Children’s Bureau in 1912 through the present day. Part 1 of the paper covers the period from the founding of the Bureau in 1912 through the Social Security Act of 1935, with special attention to the ways in which research findings motivated changes in policies and practice. Part 2 covers the years from 1935 through 1969, with special attention to the vision underlying the extramural MCH research program (established in 1963), and the impact of the 1969 reorganization of the Children’s Bureau, which moved the MCH Research Program into the Public Health Services into what is now the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Part 3 (1969-2012) focuses on the mission of the MCH Research program, how that has been realized in the past and present, and what we can learn from that for the future.

Keywords: History, MCH research, Research programs, U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau

New Mexico Department of Health, Office of Policy and Accountability. 2012. Racial and ethnic health disparities report card (7th ed.). [Santa Fe, NM]: New Mexico Department of Health, 43 pp.

Annotation: This report surveys and describes the differences in trends of health status and impact of diseases on the different race and ethnic populations in New Mexico. It addresses many of the key health issues of concern including deaths, as well as disparities in the burden of chronic disease. Topics also include mother and child health, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, violence and injury, risk behaviors, and changes in disparities.

Keywords: Child health, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Disease, Health care disparities, Health status disparities, Injuries, Maternal health, New Mexico, Public health, State surveys, Trends, Violence

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2011. AMCHP annual conference: Working together to improve maternal and Child health. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 70 pp.

Annotation: This booklet contains descriptions of sessions held at the February 12-15, 2011 conference in Washington, DC. The conference was held in conjunction with Family Voices. The booklet also describes additional meetings and activities, Capitol Hill visits, poster session participants, and exhibitors. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Child health, Conferences, Families, MCH services, Maternal health

CFI Group. 2010. Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau: 2010 resource center customer satisfaction survey. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 65 pp.

Annotation: This document describes the results of a survey conducted to evaluate the customer satisfaction of end users of 38 resource centers in order to obtain information about the overall services provided by resource centers and to determine general information about the population served by the resource centers. The document points out areas of greatest satisfaction and areas where improvements can be made.

Keywords: Consumer satisfaction, Federal initiatives, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Resource centers, Surveys

Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. 2010. Peter Van Dyck papers, circa 1984-2010 inventory list . Washington, D.C.: Maternal and Child Health Library , 113 pp.

Annotation: This finding aid describes papers from the office of Peter van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., who served as associate administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from 1999 through 2011.

Keywords: Administration, Archives, History, Leadership, Maternal and child health, Records

Yarrow AL. 2009. History of U.S. children's policy, 1900-present. Washington, DC: First Focus, 30 pp.

Annotation: This publication surveys federal legislative, executive branch, and judicial actions impacting America's children, from the early 20th century to the first month of the Obama Administration. Topics include issues of child welfare, education, child nutrition, child and family health, children's rights, and White House conferences.

Keywords: Child health, Children's Bureau, Families, Federal MCH programs, Federal initiatives, Federal legislation, History, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Maternal health, National programs, Public policy, Social services

Health Resources and Services Administration. 2009. Maternal and child health. [Rockville, MD]: Health Resources and Services Administration, 2 pp.

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2009. AMCHP strategic plan: 2009–2012. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the goals set forth by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) for the years 2009-2012. Under each of the four goals outlined in AMCHP's strategic plan is a list of three of more strategies aimed at helping to achieve the goals. A full description of AMCHP, including its mission and vision, is provided as well.

Keywords: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Child health, Evaluation, Goals, Health promotion, MCH programs, Program planning, Strategic plans, Women's health

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2009. AMCHP annual conference: Launching maternal and child health—Opportunities for a new era. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 67 pp.

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