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Annotation: This toolkit provides guidance on assessing the effectiveness of a project to improve the delivery of oral health care services provided to pregnant women, infants, and young children by integrating oral health care into primary care. Contents include worksheets and guides for identifying, planning, implementing, and interpreting the effectiveness of a quality-improvement project. Topics include plan, do, study, act cycles and process mapping. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: California Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health, MS Code 8305, P.O. Box 997377, MS 0500, Sacramento, CA 95899-7377, Telephone: (916) 558-1784 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/CDCB/Pages/OralHealthProgram/OralHealthProgram.aspx

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Keywords: Organizational change, Data collection, Forms, Infant health, Infants, Oral health, Perinatal health, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Program improvement, Qualitative evaluation, Quality assurance, Quantitative evaluation, Records management

Annotation: This booklet is one of three in a series that presents step-by-step planning and evaluation methods for community-based outreach. The booklet focuses on collecting and analyzing evaluation data and discusses both qualitative and quantitative methods. Take-home messages, references, a case study, and worksheets to assist with outreach planning are included. The booklet also includes three appendices: (1) design your data collection methods, (2) ways to improve response rates for electronic surveys, and (3) examples of commonly used qualitative methods. The booklets are designed to supplement Measuring the Difference: Guide to Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach and to support evaluation workshops.

Contact: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, University of Washington, Health Sciences Bldg, Rm T227, 1949 NE Pacific Avenue, Box 357155, Seattle, WA 98195-7155, Telephone: (206) 543-8262 Secondary Telephone: (800) 338-7657* Fax: (206) 543-2469 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://nnlm.gov/pnr Available from the website.

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Keywords: Community based services, Evaluation, Health education, Outreach, Planning, Qualitative evaluation, Quantitative evaluation, Statistical data

Annotation: This brief highlights six key recommendations for evaluators and those considering commissioning evaluations of the patient-centered medical home model. Contents include the rationale and examples in practice for each recommendation. The brief accompanies a white paper on this topic, which is also available from the website.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website. Document Number: AHRQ Publication No. 11-0091.

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Keywords: Cost effectiveness, Evidence based health care, Medical home, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Quantitative evaluation, Research design, Research methodology, Treatment effectiveness

Annotation: This paper provides suggestions for generating evidence on the effects of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model. The paper focuses on quantitative evaluations designed to measure effectiveness. Topics include accounting for clustering inherent in effectiveness research, determining what effect sizes a given study can expect to detect, approximating the number of clients and practices required to detect policy-relevant yet achievable effects, and varying the outcomes and types of clients included in the analyses to improve a study's ability to detect true effects. An accompanying brief highlights key recommendations for evaluators and those considering commissioning evaluations of the PCMH model.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website. Document Number: AHRQ Publication No. 11-0100-EF.

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Keywords: Cost effectiveness, Evidence based health care, Medical home, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Quantitative evaluation, Research design, Research methodology, Treatment effectiveness

Annotation: This report explains the methodology and results of a study of the impact of Medicaid managed care on access to oral health care for children under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program in Connecticut. The study sample included 87, 181 children. Results were evaluated both qualitatively and quantitatively. Statistical tables and references are included at the end of the report.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Connecticut, Dental care, EPSDT, Health surveys, Medicaid managed care, Oral health, Program evaluation, Qualitative evaluation, Quantitative evaluation, State surveys, Statistics

Annotation: This book focuses on the relationships between qualitative and quantitative research and their implications in the theories of program evaluation. It contains eight chapters by different authors that consider various aspects of the topic.

Contact: Jossey-Bass Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, Telephone: (201) 748-6000 Fax: (201) 748-6088 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.JosseyBass.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-7879-9967-9.

Keywords: Program evaluation, Qualitative evaluation, Quantitative evaluation

Annotation: This report is a critical review of evaluative studies of school health services. The period covered begins with literature from the mid-1800's and extends into the 1950's. Almost all of the studies reviewed concern health services in elementary schools. Topics discussed include the use of statistics as criteria for evaluating programs; survey findings; the use of expert judgment; evaluative studies based on examination of school health services' clients, i.e., school children; and experimental research methods. This report includes references. It is a publication of the U.S. Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org

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Keywords: Experimental programs, Health statistics, Program evaluation, Quantitative evaluations, Research, Research reviews, School health services